Monday, April 21, 2014

Presentation of the Ivory Coast (Cote D'ivoire)






The Cote D’ivoire is a west African country neighboring  Ghana on the eastern part ,mali and Burkina faso on the northern part ,Liberia and guinea on the western part and bordered by the  gulf of guinea (the north of  Atlantic ocean) on the southern part. For those who know nothing about geography , this is the Country of the international football player and  former  Chelsea and Marseille striker Didier Drogba And Yaya   Toure  the  Manchester city midfielder , for the  fans of reggae music this is the country Of  Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah fakoly ,and also the country of the music band Magic System and the list go on and on.
Ivory Coast  is an old French colony , and the second largest economy in west Africa after  Nigeria (Africa first economy)  what  set  the  Cote D’ivoire apart is it’s modernity  compare to others  old French colonies and other west African countries ,it has two capital, Yamoussoukro  the political capital with its  master  peace the cathedral  our  lady of peace a replica of the rome’s  St  Therese build by the first president Felix Houpouet Boigny (He Didn't like the name  Ivory Coast by the way,he preferred the name Cote D'ivoire to be used no matter the language ) ,
and Abidjan the economical city with its beautiful area especially the plateau an area nicknamed small Manhattan because build on the model of  the American city  Manhattan.  Abidjan is the largest city in Cote Divoire  and the third largest French speaking city behind Paris  (France) and Kinshasa (congo)  .

the  Cote D’ivoire has more than 22 millions of inhabitant  with an area of  322 460   km2   , country code  +225 ,It is the world first cocoa producer  and  seventh   coffee  producer  (formerly 5 th) ,the main spoken language is French but there is  also  more 60 local languages, some university student study foreign languages like ,English ,Spanish German ,Chinese  etc ... ,the northern and western part are home for some  fascinating  and vital  traditional culture and tourist destination  with mountains ,mask , the monkey village etc… whereas  the southern part  is the archetype of prosperity and modernization , the number of foreign national  vary between   25% to 50%  ,with more than 15000  french national and  more than  60 000  libanese.
  ost great corporation are present in Ivory Coast for business purpose  mostly from france ,like I said the country was colonized by france, we have  Total and ELF ( more than 25 % of ivory coast oil refinery), france telecom (more  51%  of  the telecommunication industry ), coca cola , Toyota,Mercedes etc
The mobile phone industry is very dynamic with a penetration of about  80%,  with 5 mobile phone companies, Ivory coast is also using a 3G Internet connection since January 2012.

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