In a statement released last Friday, the Ivorian government said it had raised a fund of 176.5 million US dollars. The objective is to finance its Diversification, Industrial Acceleration, Competitiveness and Employment (DAICE) program

The fund raised in Côte d'Ivoire will support the structural and economic transformation of the country, the competitiveness of businesses and the emergence of new sectors in connection with the ecological transition. In particular, DAICE provides for the development of priority industrial clusters, support for digital transformation, energy transition and the adoption of green technologies, as well as the strengthening of the competitiveness of economic agents such as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), through guaranteed bank loans and the development of public-private partnership contracts