Launching of EducationUSA West Africa College Tour
The EducationUSA Advising Center of U.S. Embassy Abidjan organized a college fair as the first stop on the official EdUSA West Africa Tour. 39 higher education institutions signed up to participate in the Abidjan leg of the Tour. Almost 1,000 students, parents and local schools visited the Fair, eager to meet with the U.S. representatives and personnel from the Public Affairs and Consular Sections of the Embassy Before the Exposition, the Embassy hosted a brunch to offer an opportunity for the visiting college representatives to meet with a delegation of 30 local school directors, prominent Ivorian alumni of U.S. universities and representatives of the Ivorian ministries of national and higher education.