Message for U.S. Citizens: Absentee Voting Week is September 26-October 3
Be an Active Voter by taking the necessary steps to vote in the 2016 U.S. elections and participating in Absentee Voting Week! In many states,…
President Obama Signs Executive Order Ending Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release Statement by John kirby, SPOKESPERSON September 14, 2016 President Obama Signs Executive Order Ending…
Charge d’Affaires Andrew Haviland Launches USAID Cattle Expo
Regional Livestock Salon, Palais de la Culture, Abidjan August 31, 2016 I am delighted to be here to participate in the opening of the first…
Digital Community Outreach at OVillage Tech Hub
August 30, 2016 U.S Embassy staff visited local Ivoirian Tech Hub “OVillage” to meet members of the tech community, also known as ‘Villagers.’ The hub…
Empowering Africa’s Youth
During my visit to Nairobi this week with Secretary Kerry, we met with an outstanding group of young Africans who are part of President Obama’s…
U.S. Coast Guard Conducts Maritime Law Enforcement Training with Ivoirian Navy
At the Navy Base in the Plateau District of Abidjan, three members of the U.S. Coast Guard are currently training members of the Ivoirian Navy…
U.S.-Côte d’Ivoire Open Skies Agreement Signed
Yesterday, U.S. Ambassador Terence P. McCulley and Foreign Minister Albert Toikeusse Mabri signed the United States-Côte d’Ivoire Open Skies Agreement in Abidjan. The agreement, which…
Abidjan: GES16 Speaker Presents Opportunities for Entrepreneurship
As part of a series of presentations by GES participants, Mrs. Rachel Desquith Aka spoke to a group of youth at the Andrew Young Center…
Abidjan Ambassador McCulley Interviewed by Leading Ivoirian Newspaper
Ambassador McCulley reflected on U.S. accomplishments and the positive trajectory of Cote d’Ivoire’s progress in his three years as Ambassador in a full-page interview with…
Abidjan Entrepreneur Details Import-Export at the Andrew Young Center
On August 4, 2016, U.S.-based businessman Brahima Koné outlined his up-from-the-bootstraps entrepreneurship story and described the fundamentals of starting and growing an import-export business to…
U.S. Embassy to hold “Bright Girls, Bright Future” competition ahead of STEM Camp
ABIDJAN – The U.S. Embassy Abidjan held the “Bright Girls, Bright Future” essay competition on August 2 to recruit 40 female students for a Science,…
Dedication of YALI Andrew Young Center for Entrepreneurship
U.S. Ambassador Terrence McCulley and representatives of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire inaugurated the Andrew Young Center (AYC) for Entrepreneurship in the Plateau district of…
Ivoirian State Television Interviewed U.S. Ambassador McCulley
On August 2, 2016, Ivoirian television broadcaster RTI sat down with Ambassador Terence McCulley for more than 45 minutes in an interview to be broadcast…
Panel on Women’s Role Preventing Violent Extremism
Over 90 civil society members and government officials attended a panel discussion of the role of women in preventing violent extremism in Mission Abidjan’s IRC…
Andrew Young Center kicks off activities with radio panel discussion
Two weeks after official dedication, activities at the Andrew Young Center for Entrepreneurship, our Tier 1 American Space, have begun with series of interviews of…
Security Message for U.S. Citizens: On-Going Violence in Bouake
The U.S. Embassy has received reports of on-going violent clashes in and around Bouake in central Côte d’Ivoire over increases in electricity prices. Several injuries…
Radio Interviews of Ivoirian participants to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)
Two Ivoirian entrepreneurs who participated in June in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Palo Alto, California, appeared on the live talk show “Argument” on…
Cote d’Ivoire Radio Interviews PEPFAR Coordinator
U.S. Embassy Abidjan used the 2016 AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa, to raise awareness of the United States government’s commitment to stopping the spread…
