Japanese giant Mitsui plans to invest between USD 3 and 10 billion in Côte d’Ivoire
Friday, 07 August 2015 09:50
The Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co announced, on 4 August, that it will open an office in Côte d’Ivoire in order to invest between USD 3 and 10 billion, particularly in the sector of infrastructure.
The announcement was made by Hironobu Ishikawa, COO of the group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, during a work visit in Abidjan.
“I made a promise to the Prime Minister to come to Côte d’Ivoire to open a branch of our group, a world leader in key development sectors. I am here today to honour this promise and to reassert our intention of opening our representative office”, declared Hironobu Ishikawa, after an audience with the head of the Ivorian government, Daniel Kablan Duncan.
Mr Ishikawa also informed that his group looks to invest between USD 3 and 10 billion in Côte d’Ivoire in the key sectors of energy, infrastructure, agriculture and transports.
Mitsui & Co is essentially active in trading raw materials, oil and gas upstream work, industry, manufacture of fertilisers, real estate, health, food industry and finance.
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