Côte d'Ivoire Embassy, Grand Hotel Vienna
22.06.2018, Vienna, Austria
Côte d'Ivoire (or Ivory Coast) is a state in Africa with the population of 22.7 mln. The country is the largest economy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, constituting 40% of the monetary union’s total GDP. The country is the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans, and the fourth-largest exporter of goods, in general, in sub-Saharan Africa (following South Africa, Nigeria, and Angola). The main business opportunities there lie within agricultural industry (cocoa, cashew nuts, natural rubber etc.) and construction (new housings, highways, bridges etc.).
The country has been the host for several major African sporting events, with the most recent being the 2013 African Basketball
Championship. In the past, the country hosted the 1984 Africa Cup of Nations, in which its football team finished at the 5th place, and the 1985 African Basketball Championship, where its basketball team won the gold medal. Ivory Coast won an Olympic silver medal for men's 400-metre in the 1984 games. The most popular sport in Ivory Coast is football. The national football team has played in the World Cup three times: in Germany 2006, in South Africa 2010, and Brazil in 2014. The woman's football team played in the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada. Ivory Coast notable football players are Didier Drogba, Yaya Touré and Kolo Touré, Eric Bailly, Gervinho, and Wilfried Zaha. Rugby union is also popular, and the national rugby union team qualified to play at the Rugby World Cup in South Africa in 1995. Ivory Coast also won two Africa Cups one 1992 and the other 2015.
In 2021 Côte d'Ivoire is going to host the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), scheduled to be the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). In relation to this event - earlier this year AVK GmbH participated in WKO (Austrian Economic Chamber) mission to Abidjan, the country’s capital. During the mission AVK GmbH established strong and efficient connections to the local authorities.
On the 21st of June, 2018 His Excellency Ambassador of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire to the Republic of Austria invited AVK GmbH to take part at the Embassy’s evening reception at the Grand Hotel Vienna. During the reception AVK GmbH held tete-a-tete talks to His Excellency Mr. Ambassador, to the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Côte d'Ivoire and to the President of Prosper Africa Agency. We are looking forward to become an active part of creating national sports infrastructure on the shore of the Atlantic ocean!
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