Il s' est tenu du 30 janvier au 1 ^er février dernier, une Conference on the Impact of Housing on the Economies of French-speaking African Countries. It is organized under the collaboration of the Center for Affordable Housing Finance (CAHF) and UN-Habitat

The Ivorian Prime Minister, Beugré MAMBÉ, indicated that housing contributes to the growth of the economy insofar as the construction of housing involves several actors. According to the latter, housing is also an accelerator of individual well-being, offering good health and contributing to the psychological balance of those who occupy it. For his part, the Head of Government, “some calculations have shown that 1 CFA franc spent on construction, especially in housing, leads to the generation of 4 CFA francs in the economy, that is to say that it multiplies by

Also, the Minister of Construction, Housing and Urban Development, Bruno KONÉ, indicated that the Ivorian government is committed to the implementation of a program to build 150,000 homes throughout Côte d'Ivoire. According to him, “to date, this program has made it possible to build about 40,000 homes thanks to significant efforts made by the State, in particular in terms of building up land reserves