At the Investors' Day event held at the Sofitel Hotel Ivoire, the Minister of Planning and Development, Souleymane Diarrassouba, unveiled Côte d'Ivoire's economic roadmap for the next five years. At the heart of this strategy is the acceleration of the country's structural transformation through ambitious industrial decentralization.

A development based on regional strengths

To stimulate growth, the government plans to leverage the specific strengths of each region. This vision translates into two major initiatives:

1. 9 regional economic hubs based on a precise mapping of local agricultural, mining and industrial resources.
2. 9 agro-industrial hubs strategically distributed across the entire national territory.

"The prospect is the establishment of nine economic hubs in Ivory Coast and the construction of nine agro-industrial hubs distributed throughout the national territory, based on the strengths of our different regions," Souleymane Diarrassouba specified.

This approach aims to establish local industrialization , boost the local processing of raw materials, maximize added value and create sustainable jobs outside the capital.

Agricultural modernization and key projects

As part of the new National Development Plan (PND 2026-2030), the minister also announced major projects to strengthen the agricultural sector:

1. The creation of a national seed center .
2. The deployment of a support program for community agricultural value chains to optimize Ivorian productivity and competitiveness.

An urgent appeal to the private sector

This vast transformation plan, which requires investments of tens of trillions of CFA francs, will depend heavily on businesses. The 2026-2030 National Development Plan (PND) anticipates that more than 70% of investments will come from the private sector .

The minister therefore invited national and international operators to take the next step by moving "from intentions to concrete commitments" .

To facilitate the implementation of these projects, Souleymane Diarrassouba assured that the State will deploy simplified and strengthened support through three major levers:

1. The one-stop shop for business creation.
2. The National Steering Committee for Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) .
3. The various sectoral administrations.