Indénié-Djuablin Region

The Indénié-Djuablin Region is located in the Central-East of Côte d'Ivoire and is subdivided into three (03) Departments: Abengourou (Capital), Agnibilékrou, and Bettié. It covers an area of 8,000 km², which is 2.48% of the national territory.

• The population of the region is as follows:

Source: INS, RGPH 2021

• Abengourou, the capital of the region and a Secondary Economic Connector (a city that has reached an intermediate stage of urbanization facilitating localization economies through competition among businesses in the same sector), has an economy based on agriculture, particularly cocoa, coffee, rubber, wood industry, and cashew nuts. It also plays a key role in logistics and trade with Ghana (Study on the Competitive Economic Pole Development Program - PEC, 2018);
• An industrial zone exists there: located in the Abengourou department, housing industrial units with an industrial land reserve of 342 ha (MCIPPME, 2022);
• Mobile network coverage (ARTCI, July 2023): 99.31% of localities and 99.65% of the population are covered.
• Health: The health infrastructure in the region includes most of the technical platforms.

Source: MSHPCMU, 2022

The promising sectors include agriculture and agro-industry, animal resources, wood industry, and tourism.

• Agriculture:

Source: MEMINADERPV, 2023 ND: Not Available

• Animal resources:

Source: MIRAH, estimate 2022

• Wood sector: three (03) wood processing factories for semi-finished and finished products.
• Tourism: the region's tourist offerings include:
  • Royal Palace;
  • Traditional Arts Museum;
  • Annual Yam Festival.

As part of the implementation of the National Development Plan (PND) 2021-2025, the Indénié-Djuablin Region is included in the area covered by the Agro-pole of food basin and agro-industrial zone near Abidjan (Agro-pole 3).

Investment opportunities exist in the following sectors:

• Agriculture and Agro-industry: Establishment of processing plants for cash crop productions (cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber) and development of the fisheries sector;
• Agro-Industry: Processing of cocoa and cashew nuts;
• Livestock: Establishment of poultry farms.

Some priority projects and actions have been identified for the benefit of the Indénié-Djuablin Region, including:

Source: MEPD, 2024 / PS-Gouv2