Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to deepen border reforms and coordination for seamless regional trade
During a joint mission at the Noé–Elubo border on 12 June 2025 Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have taken a significant step toward improving cross-border trade efficiency with the validation of a major study on Coordinated Border Management (CBM). This occurred during a joint mission held at the Noé–Elubo border on 12 June 2025. The high-level […]
Sweden Launches Continental Programme to Cut Border Delays and Boost African Exports
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 10 June 2025 — The Government of Sweden has launched its four-year, $9.3 million multi-country programme, the Swedish Initiative for Facilitating Trade in Africa (SWIFT), that will focus on dismantling persistent logistics and policy bottlenecks that have stifled intra-African trade along the Berbera, Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) and Abidjan-Lagos Corridors. SWIFT […]
Côte d’Ivoire marks 10 years of trade single window with a pledge to deepen digital reforms
Côte d’Ivoire has marked ten years since the establishment of the Single Window Agency for Foreign Trade with a two-day event in Abidjan, reflecting on a decade of progress and setting new goals for the modernisation of trade procedures. The anniversary event for Côte d’Ivoire’s Guichet Unique du Commerce Extérieur (GUCE-CI) was held on 2 […]
TradeMark Africa commits to supporting Côte d’Ivoire to increase its trade
TradeMark Africa (TMA) has reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to advance sustainable and inclusive intra-African trade and to implement trade facilitation measures designed to increase exports to global markets. TMA’s Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Anthe Vrijlandt, made the remarks during the third meeting of the National Oversight […]
Mise en place d’une stratégie nationale de facilitation des échanges pour la Côte d’Ivoire
Lors d’une réunion consultative qui s’est tenue cette semaine à la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie (CCI-CI) d’Abidjan, les parties prenantes impliquées dans le commerce transfrontalier ont marqué une étape clé dans le développement d’une stratégie nationale de facilitation des échanges pour la Côte d’Ivoire. La réunion visait à sensibiliser et à renforcer les capacités […]
A National Trade Facilitation Strategy for Côte d’Ivoire in the pipeline
In a consultative meeting that took place this week at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI-CI) in Abidjan, stakeholders involved in cross-border trade marked a key step in the development of a National Trade Facilitation Strategy for Côte d’Ivoire. The meeting aimed at raising awareness and strengthening the capacity of stakeholders on the action […]