The seventh innovation ecosystem meeting took place on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. On the occasion, the Director of Innovation Promotion (DVI), Ouattara-Soro Fatou announced several activities including the organization of the fourth B2B Business Forum of Ministry of Higher Education and Research scientific, during the first quarter of 2023.

The vision of the meeting, according to a DVI press release, is to transform research results, inventions and innovations into business opportunities. Indeed, during this quarter, the fourth B2B ministère de l' Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche Scientist Business Forum is scheduled to be organized. Then an Ivorian Salon for the Valorization of Research and Innovation (SIVRI) to promote the match between the needs of the private sector, the community and research, invention and innovation offerings, as well as the awarding of the 2022 Patronat Prize for Research and Innovation in mid-February.

Also, the second edition of the Innovation and Research Market (MIR) organized by the General Confederation of Enterprises of Côte d'Ivoire (CGECI) will take place on 02 and 03 March 2023 around the theme “Innovation, an essential bulwark against & agrave; the cost of living and national and international socio-economic issues: the case of agriculture”.