Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation has named 32 technology companies to two state support programmes, Ivoire Tech Next 15 and Ivoire Tech Scale Up. The list was unveiled on 4 November 2026 at an event in Cocody, Abidjan. More than 150 companies applied, according to FratMat.

The ministry has set a funding target, not a fund. It wants to mobilise between CFA5 billion and CFA10 billion, roughly US$8.3–16.6 million at BusinessTech Africa’s conversion, from commercial banks, investment funds and development partners over the 24-month programme. BusinessTech Africa and TechCabal both describe that money as a target rather than funds already distributed to companies. The sources we reviewed do not name any bank or fund that has signed, or the terms. We found no report that any laureate has received money from the programmes.

Two cohorts

Ivoire Tech Next 15 selected 14 companies. According to TechCabal, the programme is aimed at startups active for at least a year that already have a product on the market. Ivoire Tech Scale Up selected 18 technology SMEs with three to five full financial years behind them.

Next 15: Umed, Blok Technology, Cloud4Africa, Djamo, Djoli, Grainotech, IT Synergy, JPF AerialOps, La Ruche Health, Graya, DiscutAI, Tylimmo, Waribei and Yodan.

Scale Up: Agilly, Asernum, BMI-WFS, Digin Factory, Digital Afrique Telecom, Ebenyx, Farafinah Kanu, Kaydan Technology, NGSER, N-Socitech, ODV (OnPoint), SaH Analytics, Wilyz, Snedai, SGCI, Sonec Africa, Talentys and VEONE.

Conditions attached

The support is conditional. Each company must sign a performance contract and an ethics charter. The ministry says it will assess them on revenue growth, jobs created and expansion within the sub-region, and that results will be publicly reported. Minister Djibril Ouattara said the state would stand alongside the companies for 24 months in artificial intelligence, financing and public procurement. “Votre distinction ne doit rien au hasard,” he told the laureates.

The Forum and the 1.7% figure

The second Ivoire Tech Forum opened in Abidjan on 11 November. Its programme included a Business Forum, a Deal Room that put financing organisations in front of entrepreneurs, and a GovTech workshop. Startup Medias reported that the Deal Room brought together 37 financing organisations.

According to Digital Mag CI, Ouattara told the Business Forum and Deal Room session that Côte d’Ivoire accounted for 1.7% of the amounts raised by African startups in rounds above US$500,000 between January 2025 and October 2026, placing it eighth on the continent. He said Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa together took more than 80%. These are the minister’s figures as reported; we have not checked them against a transaction database.

Open questions

We did not find published outcomes from the Deal Room in the sources reviewed. Until the banks, funds and terms behind the CFA5–10 billion target are published, the figure remains a goal.

Sources

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