News | Insight | Jan 2020

Why we don’t trust AT Kearney’s Global Retail Development Index and you shouldn’t too

The problem is retail development rankings are useless. Worse than useless, actually. We explain why we don’t trust AT Kearney’s Global Retail Development Index when it comes to Africa. A few years ago we wanted to build a retail market …

News | Insight | Dec 2019

Trendtype’s 2019 year in review and 2020 forecasts

So here are our big themes in 2019 and a look ahead to 2020. It’s been another eventful year in African consumer and retail markets in 2019. Some big retail players coming unstuck In grocery retail, some big players have come …

News | Insight | Nov 2019

Farmer to farmer network WeFarm raises $13m in Series A round of funding

Peer to peer farmer network and marketplace WeFarm has raised $13m in Series A round of funding. The round was led by True Ventures, with AgFunder and June Fund also investing. It means WeFarm has raised a total of $20m to …

21 pages | Nov 2019

Côte d’Ivoire Country Profile

This report provides key information on Côte d’Ivoire. It covers the economic landscape, key demographic indicators, living standards and income as well as logistics and infrastructure.

News | Insight | Oct 2019

Retail Holding acquires CDCI, the #2 supermarket player in Côte d’Ivoire

Retail Holding, which is Carrefour’s partner in Morocco has now taken complete ownership of CDCI. CDCI is the #2 grocery retail chain in Côte d’Ivoire, with a national network of retail and wholesale outlets. Founder Yasser Ezzedine has sold his 40% stake …

News | Insight | Sep 2019

Prosuma’s online store Yaatoo closes down in Côte d’Ivoire

Prosuma’s online store Yaatoo, which launched in 2016, has closed down. The site, which stocked 12,000 SKUs drawn from Prosuma’s warehouses, was being talked about as late as June this year as being a viable competitor to online giant Jumia. …

News | Insight | Sep 2019

CFAO outlines plans for 5 new Carrefour stores in Côte d’Ivoire

CFAO has announced plans to open five new Carrefour stores in Côte d’Ivoire. Four will be in Yopougon, one of the largest areas of Abidjan. The fifth will be within a new CFAO-owned PlaYce shopping mall to be built in Grand …

News | Insight | Sep 2019

Cargill invests $120m to expand its cocoa grinding plant in Côte d’Ivoire

Cargill is investing $120m to expand its cocoa grinding plant in the Micao industrial area of Yopougon. The investment means manufacturing capacity of cocoa products such as cocoa powder and cocoa powder will rise from 110,000 tonnes to 170,000 tonnes …

Data | Aug 2019

Numbers of Households Possessing a Mobile Phone (%)

Data | Aug 2019

Number of Households Possessing a Television (%)

Data | Aug 2019

The Top Fast Food Chains in Côte d’Ivoire

Trendtype data on the leading fast food chains in Côte d'Ivoire. Our unique data identifies every fast food, casual dining and coffee shop chain and allows users to search by cuisine, location, chain and brand owner.

Data | Aug 2019