Ivory Coast Opposition Leader Slams France’s Influence
- France remains too dominant in local business: Koulibaly
- Koulibaly, a former Gbagbo loyalist, to run in 2020 elections
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Ivory Coast, the largest economy in francophone West Africa, is too focused on doing business with France and should open up its market to investors from a wider range of countries, an opposition leader said.
“Sixty years after Ivory Coast gained independence from France, French companies still dominate trade,” Mamadou Koulibaly, a 62-year-old former parliament speaker who plans to run for president next year, said in an interview.