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Côte d’Ivoire, Singapore sign deal granting visa-free entry

Côte d’Ivoire, Singapore sign deal granting visa-free entry
Tuesday, 02 September 2025 10:26

• Côte d’Ivoire and Singapore signed a political consultation agreement including visa exemption for Ivorian stays under one month.
• The two nations activated a 2014 bilateral investment treaty to secure and boost capital flows.
• Trade reached $37.3 billion in 2024, with Côte d’Ivoire seeking to diversify exports to Singapore.

From August 26 to 28, 2025, Ivorian Foreign Minister Léon Kacou Adom visited Singapore, where he signed a political consultation agreement with his counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan. The accord allows Ivorians to travel visa-free to Singapore for stays of less than one month.

Adom used the visit to highlight Côte d’Ivoire’s political stability, social cohesion, and economic appeal. He also pointed to the bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement signed in 2014, which officially came into force in August 2025.

Côte d’Ivoire expressed plans to diversify its exports to Singapore and encouraged Singaporean companies to invest in the Ivorian economy. Trade between the two countries reached $37.3 billion in 2024, according to the International Trade Centre.

On the sidelines of the Africa-Singapore Business Forum (ASBF), the two countries also activated their bilateral investment treaty, designed to provide stronger legal protection for investors and to ease capital flows.

By the end of 2023, Singapore’s investment in Africa totaled $20.9 billion, directed mainly toward energy, infrastructure, digital services, logistics, and consumer goods. Alongside the political accord, new economic partnerships were signed between Yamoussoukro and Singapore, strengthening cooperation and opening new markets.

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