The Ivorian Minister of Economy and Finance Adama Coulibaly and the Ambassador of France, Gille Huberson proceeded, this Tuesday, March 10, 2020 to the Sciam building, plateau. the signing of a loan agreement for an amount of 18.7 million euros (approximately 12 billion FCFA).



It is, in fact, a loan released by the French Development Agency (AFD) for the financing of the "Centre of Excellence in Africa" project in the field of higher education in Côte d'Ivoire. 'Ivory.

"This loan is intended to finance the development of Centers of Excellence in Côte d'Ivoire, namely the Félix Houphouët Boigny University, through the climate change, biodiversity and sustainable agriculture project, the National School of Statistics and Applied Economics (ENSEA), through the project to develop training in statistics and quantitative economics, and the National Polytechnic Institute Houphouët Boigny in Yamoussoukro, through two projects: the recovery of waste into high value-added products and mines and the environment", explained Minister Adama Coulibaly who had by his side his colleague from the Budget and the State portfolio, Moussa Sanogo.

For his part, Gille Huberson said that France is happy to support Côte d'Ivoire in the "valorization of its education system", while reiterating his country's desire to always support the partnership with Côte d'Ivoire. 'Ivory.

The French diplomat also announced other future projects that his country will finance in Côte d'Ivoire in the education sector, one of which will take into account the Yamoussoukro scientific high school.