(Ecofin Agency) - Cote d’Ivoire’s Prime Minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, announced on July 6 that processes for land registration are being “revised and simplified”. The minister was speaking on the sidelines of a meeting organized by the General Confederation of Ivory Coast’s Employers (CGECI).

As he was meeting with the group of employers, the official said the “Rural Land Agency has been designated to carry out the operation, which should yield results this second half of year”, Koaci reports.

Ivory Coast has initiated a process to boost land tenure both in rural and urban areas. Under the project, the government has already carried out various sensitization campaigns across the territory and developed a constitutional reform which exclusively grant access to lands to nationals.

Souha Touré