Oliver Fokam, publishing director of the magazine “Infrastructures Magazine”, initiator of the “African Builder of the Decade Award” announced on Thursday, December 21, 2023, announced on Thursday, December 21, 2023 that the President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, was distinguished.

Oliver Fokam said that Côte d'Ivoire is a good example of development in that he has invested heavily in the construction of roads and bridges that offer the Ivorian population a quality of life. Macky Sall, is also awarded for the infrastructure works implemented in the said country for the benefit of Senegalese populations. The two countries are the locomotive of West Africa according to Olivier Fokam