Our Scans · Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Weekly Summary

• The French military withdrawal and economic sanctions on already fragile economies have heightened concern that armed groups could spread southwards towards the relatively stable coastal countries of Ghana, Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast. Within Nigeria
• In Ivory Coast, cocoa production from April to September is projected to decline by 25% to 30% compared to last year, due to unseasonal rain, dry spells and strong winds. CNN
• Supply Constraints in West Africa: The Ivory Coast, the world's leading cocoa producer, plans to reduce exports for the upcoming 2025/26 season to 1.3 million tonnes, down from the typical 1.7 million tonnes. Top Traders Unplugged
• The research, carried out in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon, forecasts that by 2050, almost 50% of the areas currently suitable for cocoa cultivation may become unsuitable due to increasing temperatures and changing rainfall patterns. Gkseries.com
• Armed Islamist groups continue to spread across West Africa along the Gulf of Guinea and into Ivory Coast and Ghana, meaning insecurity will only increase. ICT
• Ivory Coast and Ghana still have significant volumes of cocoa to sell before the new crop year, which will play a crucial role in determining prices. FoodManufacture.co.uk
• A New Era in Malaria Control Has Begun with a Vaccination Campaign for Children in Ivory Coast Health workers in Ivory Coast began giving children the latest malaria vaccine on Monday, the beginning of a regional campaign that experts hope might curb the impact of one of Africa's top killers. Centro de estudos estrategicos de Africa
• The price of cocoa rocketed higher due to disruptions in supply chains in key cocoa producing nations, such as the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Forbes
• Gold production from Ivory Coast, Niger, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, all emerging markets, is expected to grow by 6.2% to 4.67 moz in 2024, after an estimated 0.9% growth in 2023. Yahoo Finance
• Governments in Ghana and Ivory Coast could lift the fixed prices paid to farmers and increase their incomes so that they are able to do more to protect their cops. The News
• Internet analysis firm Cloudflare reported a pattern in the timing of the disruptions that heavily impacted at least 10 countries in West Africa, including Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. Winnipeg Free Press
• There is currently a deficit in cocoa production, El Nino weather conditions and a mealybug infestation in the Ivory Coast and Ghana which are all severely impacting supply, with a 374,000-tonne deficit predicted for 2024. The Lighthouse
• Internet firm Cloudflare said on one of its X accounts that monitors trends that major internet disruptions were ongoing in Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin and Niger. MarketScreener
• Cloudflare, an internet firm, confirmed ongoing major disruptions in Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, and Niger through one of its monitoring accounts. Africanews
• Major internet disruption was continuing in the Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin and Niger. The Guardian
• The output for cocoa producers in Ghana and Ivory Coast, which alone are responsible for 60% of the world's supply, is under threat thanks to poor weather and climate change. Fortune
• African countries will lead the world's fastest-growing economies in 2024, with leading forecast growth being Niger, Senegal, Libya, Rwanda and Ivory Coast. The Exchange Africa
• Dry weather conditions in Indonesia and Malaysia are projected to reduce palm oil yields by 3-5%, while West Africa, specifically Ivory Coast and Ghana, may witness a decline in cocoa output due to hot and dry conditions. Food Logistics
• An increase in AI by 1 to 3 is expected in 2050 under both SSP2 - 4.5 and SSP5 - 8.5 (Fig. 6 B) in most sub-Saharan African countries, except Somalia, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, and Ivory Coast, where AI is expected to decrease by 1. Nature
• French officials have retaliated by threatening to support a military intervention by ECOWAS states such as Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo. World Socialist Web Site
• No rain fell last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions for the second consecutive week, raising fears of a prolonged dry spell which could weigh on the outlook of the April-to-September mid-crop. ESM Magazine
• Above-average rain in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week has flooded plantations and could affect the start of the next October-to-March main crop. ThePrint

Last updated: 14 June 2025