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Jul 28 2021

IFFN: Despite alarming results for Ivory Coast, pride in work accomplished

After two and a half years of operation and results presented on June 29th, the IFFN project is coming to an end. Find below the last press release of the IFFN. In a few days, the doors of the IFFN project will close after two and a half years of Continue reading

Jun 10 2021

IGN FI took part in Inspire & Connect – Africa

Inspire & Connect – Africa brought together over 600 participants, with 130 West African companies and 110 small, medium and intermediate-sized French businesses that are pushing back economic and financial boundaries on both sides of the Mediterranean. This event, the first Bpifrance event devoted to Africa, was held on 2 Continue reading

Apr 27 2021

Export financing: IGN FI to digitise Ivory Coast’s land administration system thanks to a buyer credit from Bpifrance

This ground-breaking operation will serve as a new model in the field of export credit: Bpifrance has just granted its first export credit of 2021, amounting to 23 million euros, to the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Construction, Housing and Urban Development (MCLU) for an ambitious project to modernise the urban Continue reading

Apr 26 2021

IFFN: final results to be presented at the end of June 2021

The press conference to mark completion of the IFFN data-gathering phase took place on Thursday 22 April at the Ministry for Water and Forests (MINEF). It was attended by Colonel-Major Mé Kouamé Martial, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ivory Coast Ministry for Water and Forests, Pascal Cuny representing the Continue reading

Apr 15 2021

Natural risks cartography project in ECCAS member states: the final validation workshop took place on 29 & 30 March 2021

In October 2019, the IGN FI – BRLi consortium was awarded the regional contract to assess hazards, vulnerabilities and risks in the Member States of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). This is the international organisation for the economic, social and cultural development of the following Continue reading

Mar 09 2021

CHAD: Presentation of city plans and official launch of the Moundou project

A ceremony was held at the beginning of February to hand over the city plans to the Ministry of Spatial Planning (MATDHU). The ceremony also served as the official launch of the Moundou mapping project. The event gained a great deal of media coverage and attracted interest from a number Continue reading

Jan 05 2021

Burundi: Land rights project

Burundi, which is part of the “Bonn Challenge” (restoring 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2020, and 350 million hectares by 2030) and the African Resilient Landscapes Initiative (forest and ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, smart agriculture, pasture management), has committed to restoring one million hectares of land Continue reading

Feb 21 2020

: Opening by the President of the Republic of Uganda

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

IGN FI is acclaimed by the President of the Republic of Uganda

The international seminar held in Entebbe to mark the conclusion of the LIS project took place on 20 and 21 February.

To mark the conclusion of the DESINLISI project, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development organised an international conference on the theme of “Global Modernization of Land Administration – Making your LIS a Success”.

More than 180 participants attended the first day, which was opened by the President of the Republic of Uganda in the presence of ministers from several States. A number of delegations also accepted the invitation of IGN FI to come to Uganda. These included representatives from Ethiopia, Burundi, Gabon, Congo, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Chad, Madagascar (…).
25 countries of which 15 African countries were represented.

Demonstrations of the system and individual meetings were taking place alongside the seminar.

Some extracts of the press coverage:

https://chimpreports.com/museveni-calls-for-modernization-of-land-management/

https://www.busiweek.com/ign-fi-completes-ugandas-land-information-system/

https://fr.africanews.com/2020/02/19/modernisation-globale-de-ladministration-fonciere-faire-de-son-projet-systeme-dinformation-foncier-sif-un-succes/

https://www.ntv.co.ug/news/national/President-calls-for-modernisation-of-land-management/4522324-5463334-248pc6z/index.htm

https://landportal.org/news/2020/02/ign-fi-launch-results-implementation-uganda’s-10-year-national-land-information-system-