The MÜSİAD Côte d'Ivoire Business Trip program was carried out with broad participation under the coordination of the MÜSİAD Export Development Commission.

At the event organized under the coordination of the Export Development Commission of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD), which brought together Ivorian and Turkish business people, the bilateral business development meetings and the panel programs held, alongside the official visits, became the centre of attention.

Within the scope of the visit program, the MÜSİAD delegation held contacts at the Presidency of Côte d'Ivoire, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Abidjan Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Côte d'Ivoire and the Turkish Embassy in Abidjan.

At the same time, at the business development meetings held within the scope of the visit program, Ivorian and MÜSİAD business people came together and held important talks towards the formation of new cooperation and partnerships.

Sharing his assessments of the program, Commission Chairman Abdülkadir Sıcakyüz said: "We are pleased to open up new areas of cooperation for our business people through the event we have held. The African region is a highly valuable market for us, and we aim to increase our interaction within this market through Côte d'Ivoire. There are very valuable opportunities in Côte d'Ivoire. We saw this at first hand in the meetings we held. There is great sympathy towards Türkiye. There are many business people who want to do business with Türkiye. We are happy to match these friends of ours soundly with the right sectors and to contribute to our country's trade. In our meetings with state authorities, we discussed increasing business delegation visits. God willing, we will also host our friends from Côte d'Ivoire at MÜSİAD EXPO 2022 and provide the opportunity for new business partnerships. I thank our Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our Ambassador to Abidjan, Yonca Özçeri, who have stood by us and whose support we have felt at all times throughout all these processes. I hope our visits will be a means to good outcomes."

Many business people from different sectors took part in the Côte d'Ivoire Business Trip program.