A PRESENTATION FO THE MUNICIPALITY OF YOPOUGON IN COTE D'IVOIRE

1. ORGANIZATION
PROFILE
Ministry of Interior Affairs and National Security
Mairie de Yopougon
Office of the Mayor :
23 BP 177 , Yopougon Selmer,Mairie
TEL: 225 77 30C 1e3n 4tr3a le
E-MAIL info@mairieyopougon.org
« A Town Hall serving local develoment »

2. Country Profile
is situated in West Africa, circled by 5
neibghouring countries:
in the West by Ghana,
in the North by Mali and Burkina Faso,
in the East by Guinea (Conakry) and
Liberia,
in the South it baords the Atlantic
Ocean.
Part of the 8 speaking
countries that form the
regional the Economic and
Montary Union of West
Africa,UEMOA, it alone
represents 40% of the
economy of that organisation.

3. A liberal and open market-oriented economy
40% of the GDP, ¼ of the population and 50 % of the
total consumers of the West Africa Economic and
Monetary Union and the leading port entry of the
region.
Abidjan, the major city of Cote d’Ivoire

4. Geaographical data
Official Name : Côte d’Ivoire
Surface Area : 322 .463 km²
Capital city : Yamoussoukro
Major city : Abidjan
Principal Cities: Abidjan, Bouaké,
Daloa, Yamoussoukro
Language : French
Change : Franc CFA
National Day : 7th Auguest

5. Cote d’Ivoire digest
Demographic Data:
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Income category: Lower middle income
Population: 19,839,750 (World Bank, 2012)
Density : 60 hab/km²
Growth Rate: 9.5 % (World Bank, 2012)
Life Expentancy : 50 Years (World Bank, 2011)
Poverty Rate : 48.9% (UN 2012)
Litareracy Rate : 55,3% (World Bank ,2012)
Human Developement Index : 0.43 (PNUD 2012)
170 th/ 187Countries (PNUD, 2011)
Ethnic Groups: 60 ethnic groups
Religion (s) : Islam : 38.6%, Christianise : 32.8%, Animism : 11.9%,
No religion : 16.7% (CIA World Factbook, 2008)

6. Economic data
Income category: Lower middle income
Population: 19,839,750
GNI per capita (US$): 1,220 (World Bank, 2012)
GNI : 24.68 Mds USD (World Bank, 2011)
Growth rate : 9.5 % (World Bank, 2012)
Inflation Rate: 1,3 % (World Bank, 2012)
Principal customers (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2009) :
Holland (13,9%) ; France 10,7% ;
United States (7,8%) ; Germany (7,2%)
Principal Providers (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2009) :
Nigeria (20,7 %), France (14,2 %),
China (7,2 %), Thaïland (5,1 %)

7. An economy primary based on agriculture
Part of branch activities in the NGI (World Bank , 2009) :
Agriculture : 25%
Industry: 25%
Services : 50%
The country is the second important economy just behind the giant Nigeria
Cote d’Ivoire is world well known producer of
agriculutural products. It is the
1st world producer of Cocoa , 1.5 M Tonnes/Year
1st World producer of Cashew.
3rd producer of Coffe 300 000t/y
Bananas ,pineapples , Coton

8. The port of Abidjan
The leading entry of west Africa region
The port of Abidjan is
the 1st port of transit of west Africa,
the 1st port of Africa for tuna
the second port for containers
of the whole Africa just behind South Africa.

9. The Industrial sector, a growing sector
The Industrial sector represents
25% of the GPD
Abidjan, the economic capital city
Has 3 importants industrial areas:
-Koumassi
-Port Bouet which hosts the port
-Yopougon, the bigest industrial area
with more than 300 industrial and
Commercial Entreprises.

10. The government has launched today numerous ambitious infrastructures
construction and rehabilitations projects

11. Widely open for tourism
The mixture of different national cultures and foreign nationalities offers a dynamic
social life.
Touristic sites offer the visitors various places that are worth visits in the country

12. Yopougon Town Hall Profile

13. YOPOUGON TOWNSHIP COUNSEL
Mayor Gilbert Kone KAFANA
The Town Hall has
50 persons elected council
Employees: 450 Agents .
Population 1.500.000
Area 153,4 km² , 7,4%
of District (2079 km²)

14. Mayor
General Secretariat
Human
Developpement
Department
Cabinet
Assistant
Communication Service
Radio service
Human
Ressource
Department
Cultrural
and sports
departement
Taxes and
incomes
Departement
Accounting
departement
Adminsitrative
Service delibery
departement
Human
departement
Communication Service
Media and Mulitmedia Public Relation

15. Yopougon Municipality Services
Human
Development
Department
Front line services
Social and
Cultural Affairs
departement
Adminsitrative
Service delibery
departement
Technical and
Logistics
departement
Social Cohesion
Employment
Education and
social integration
Cultural promotion
Sports promotion
Youth affairs
Health Leisures
Roads
Infrastructures
Marriage
Birth Certificate
Death Certificate
Documents
authentification
Habitat and
construction
Documents
Legalisation

16. Mission statement
• Community Care and Development
• Education
• Agriculture
• Local Infrastructure Management and Development
• Poverty Alleviation
• Children deprived of education and street children
• Rights of persons with disabilities
• Discrimination and exploitation of vulnerable groups like the marginalized, homeless
• Child Rights
• Urban Poverty
• Emergencies and Natural Disaster Management
– Women Empowerment (Social and Economic)
• Protection of Women Rights
• Community Health Care and Diseases Advocacy
• Child and Maternal Health
• Health Rights (Health for all)
• Prevention, control and advocacy of TB, HIV/AIDS, Malaria.
• Drug Abuse awareness, prevention and control
•

17. Current programs/projects
• Urban Poverty alleviation and women empowerment program
• Reconciliation and social cohesion building
• Participatory budget implementation
• Local Infrastructures rehabilitation and reconstruction
• Culture inhencement with Libraries enforcement
• Public Hygienic projects :Refuse Management
• Urban Poverty alleviation through small job support
• Emergencies and Natural Disaster Management
• Human Rights promotion
• Old persons, Child and Maternal Health projects
• Prevention, control and advocacy of Tuberculosis , HIV/AIDS,
Malaria.
• Drug Abuse awareness, prevention and control

18. Problems
DATA AND POVERTY
• Population: 19,839,750
• GNI per capita (US$): 1,220
• GNI : 24.68 Mds USD
Inflation Rate: 1,3 %
Growth Rate: 9.5 %
Life Expentancy : 50 Years
Poverty Rate : 48.9% (UN 2012)
Litareracy Rate : 55,3%
Human Developement Index : 0.43 (PNUD 2012)
170 th/ 187Countries (PNUD, 2011)
Ethnic Groups: 60 ethnic groups
Religion (s) : Islam : 38.6%, Christianise : 32.8%, Animism : 11.9%,
No religion : 16.7% (CIA World Factbook, 2008)

19. Challenges
• Ethnic devide and low implication of certains community
groups
• Illiteracy and lack of minimum comprehension of hygiene
• Participatory budget implementation
• Low Infrastructures respect and protection
• Urban Poverty alleviation through small job support
• Emergencies and Natural Disaster Management
• Human Rights promotion
• Old persons, Child and Maternal Health projects
• Prevention, control and advocacy of Tuberculosis ,
HIV/AIDS, Malaria.
• Drug Abuse awareness, prevention and control

20. Lessons
• Education and literacy is key to dvelopement
• Infrastructures conctruction is the most
important aspect of developemnt Urban
Poverty alleviation through small job support
• Emergencies and Natural Disaster
• Communication is very important in getting
people’s implication
• The basic right for individual is food and
health
• Partnership and private investor areuseful in
local development

21. But still a promissing and welcoming country
Diverse cultural
communities and strong
presence of neiboughring
countries.
Dynamic social life.

22. Tourism:” Ile Bouley” and “la Baie des Milliardaires”
Astoria Palace
Une villa de la Baie des Milliardaires
Une villa de la Baie des Milliardaires
Une villa de la Baie des Milliardaires
100 Hotels, Restaurants,
Among which Hôtel Assonvon,
Hôtel Méambly,
Hôtel Akwaba, Astoria Palace …

23. Economic and commercial activities
Vente de banane en plein air au marché de vivrier
Le Marché du vivrier à Yopougon Sable

24. Yopougon by night
La fanfare municipale de Yopougon
Zouglou en fête 2013 à la Place Ficgayo
La Rencontre Culturelle Le FITHA, festival de théatre d’Abidjan et Artistique de Yopougon

25. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Bakary CISSE
Badciss@yahoo.fr
Chief Media and Multimedia section
Communication Service