Sibat Expo Abidjan, the international construction fair was held for the first time in June 2019. 62 companies participated in the Sibat Expo Abidjan Construction Fair, held in La Caistab congress and event center in Abidjan, the Economic Capital of Ivory Coast. The Sibat Expo Abidjan Construction Fair, which lasted for 3 days, was visited by 6000 professional visitors from the construction industry from countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Ghana along with the Ivory Coast.Sibat Expo Abidjan, the international construction fair was held for the first time in June 2019. 62 companies participated in the Sibat Expo Abidjan Construction Fair, held in La Caistab congress and event center in Abidjan, the Economic Capital of Ivory Coast. The Sibat Expo Abidjan Construction Fair, which lasted for 3 days, was visited by 6000 professional visitors from the construction industry from countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Ghana along with the Ivory Coast.

During the opening ceremony of the Sibat Expo Abidjan Construction Fair, which attracted great interest, officials from the Ministry of Ivory Coast Construction, the Ivory Coast Abidjan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abidjan Businessmen Associations, Trade Federations, ambassadors and many press members attended. Ivory Coast, Turkey, Portugal, South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, attended by participants from countries such as India SIBAT Expo Abidjan Construction Fair participants, building materials, construction machinery, electrical equipment, steel, asphalt and road machinery, concrete paving stone machinery, concrete batching plants, The Ivory Coast, such as cable, heating, cooling and ventilation, bathroom equipment, kitchen equipment, construction equipment spare parts, construction paints, construction chemicals, exhibited materials and equipment to be used in the construction industry.

Sibat Expo Abidjan Construction Fair will be held in 2020 in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, at La Caistab Fair and Event Center on June 17-19. In addition to the Building Materials and Construction Machinery sectors, companies from the Electricity and Energy sector will also participate.

The government also launched important infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges in the country. The government set-up a committee to promote Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) that invites companies to negotiate and bid on work on a variety of infrastructure projects. In the coming years, the building and construction market is expected to continue to grow, given the government‘s priority of addressing the housing shortage and crumbling infrastructure nationwide. Stronger macroeconomic growth and foreign investment (from private and public lending institutions) suggest there wiil be a robust construction sector for the foreseeable future.

by 2040, there will be a six-lane dual carriage way connecting Abidjan, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Lagos, under the Abidjan-Lagos Eastern Corridor Road Project. The over 68-billion-dollar project is to improve road infrastructure, promote efficient transportation, and ultimately facilitate regional trade. The ECOWAS “Vision 2020” calls for the implementation of an appropriate regional environment in which all citizens of West Africa can circulate freely and easily in order to take care of their activities and business. It aims at the creation of a competitive viable and secured regional economic union with national economies integrated at regional level and able to integrate to global economy