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Africa’s next Rotterdam? Ivory Coast’s fuel paradox deepens

Fuel tanker truck navigating city roads. Photo @ Pexels
Fuel tanker truck navigating city roads. Photo @ Pexels

Alhousseiny Djigo

Alhousseiny Djigo is an experienced financial journalist based in Dakar.
  • Côte d’Ivoire wants to become a net petroleum-products exporter by 2030.
  • Fuel prices have risen twice in three months

 

ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Ivory Coast wants to become an African energy powerhouse, but its citizens are paying increasingly more to fuel cars, businesses and homes.

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