Supporting the energy transition in Ivory Coast
With more than 50 years of experience in Africa, EDF is helping to provide access to electricity for more than one million people.
Meeting the energy challenges
As a long-standing partner of the electricity sector in Ivory Coast, EDF created EDF-CI, its Ivorian subsidiary, in 2016 with the ambition of improving access to electricity and enabling its partners to meet the increasing energy needs of communities against a background of economic and demographic growth.
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1million
people gaining access to electricity in Africa in the last 20 years
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290employees
across all subsidiaries in Ivory Coast
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3companies
for different energy projects: ZECI SAS, ARIC, BIOVEA Énergie
As a leader in energy efficiency, EDF offers customised low-carbon solutions that also contribute to local development.
EDF Group Foundation
A commitment to social responsibility in the communities to support the environment, education and inclusion.
Timeline
2019 - Creation of Biovéa Energie, the company that went on to develop, build, finance and operate a biomass power plant.
2018 - Creation of ARIC, a subsidiary of Conergies-Group (co-owned by the EDF Group), whose objective is to become one of the market leaders in climate engineering and refrigeration.
2016 - creation of the Ivorian subsidiary EDF-CI to consolidate the EDF Group's presence in Ivory Coast.
2016 - ZOLA Electric (formerly Off Grid Electric), a leading American start-up in solar energy distribution in Africa, joins forces with EDF to create the jointly-owned company ZECI SAS, for the supply of off-grid solar energy.