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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Africa investor (Ai) are joining forces to launch a digitally empowered eTrade initiative to enable the digitisation of five million micro-, s... Read more
“The vaccines are here!”—the cry heard and welcomed the world over—has boosted hopes of a global economic recovery in 2021. Yet until vaccines are widely available, the market rally and the... Read more
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President: Alassane Dramane Ouattara
Prime Minister: Amadou Gon Coulibaly
Capital city: Yamoussoukro (political), Abidjan (economic)
Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
Population, persons: 25,069,229 (2018)
Area, sq km: 318,000
GDP per capita, US$: 1,716 (2018)
GDP, billion current US$: 43.0 (2018)
GINI index: 41.5 (2015)
Ease of Doing Business rank: 110
