Region of the Great Bridges

The Region of Grands Ponts is located in the south of Côte d'Ivoire and is subdivided into three (03) Departments: Dabou (Capital), Jacqueville, and Grand-Lahou. It covers an area of 5,500 km², which is 1.71% of the national territory.

• The population of the region is as follows:

Source: INS, RGPH 2021

• Dabou, the capital of the region, is a Local Economic Connector (a small town that is at an embryonic stage of urbanization facilitating internal economies of scale, such as hosting a large company that processes local agricultural products) characterized by a subsoil rich in oil and gas resources (Study on the Competitive Economic Pole Development Program - PEC, 2018). It practices cash and food crops. Dabou is also the city known for producing Attiéké par excellence;
• An industrial zone exists there, housing industrial units with an industrial land reserve of 331 ha, including 151 ha in Dabou and 180 ha in Jacqueville (MCIPPME, 2022);
• Mobile network coverage (July 2023): 97.76% of localities and 98.73% of the population are covered.
• Health: The health infrastructure in the region covers most of the technical platforms.

Source: MSHPCMU, 2022

The key economic sectors include agriculture, animal resources, extractive industries, and tourism.

• Agriculture:

Source: MEMINADERPV, 2023 ND: Not Available

• Animal resources:

Source: MIRAH, estimate 2022 ND: Not Available

• Extractive industries: existence of industrial companies producing gas and oil;
• Tourism: the tourism offer in the region includes:
• the lagoon course of nearly 200 km of navigable waterways;
• the Fort of Dabou;
• the stilt villages in the village of Tiagba;
• Grand Lahou: former French trading post on the coast near the mouth of the Bandama River with some colonial houses, a training center for agricultural mechanization. Large oil palm plantations;
• Jacqueville: beaches, former trading post of the lagoon people "Alladjan", stilt village of Tiagba, the Jacqueville bridge.

As part of the implementation of the National Development Plan (PND) 2021-2025, the Grands Ponts Region is included in the area covered by the Agro-pole food basin and agro-industrial zone near Abidjan (Agro-pole 5).

Investment opportunities exist in the following sectors:

• Agriculture: Investments in the development of food supply chains (vegetable growers, cassava), cash crops (rubber, oil palm), as well as livestock and fisheries (fishing, poultry), and also in soilless cultivation.
• Tourism: Construction of hotel facilities along the beach to develop the tourism sector, beach development;
• Fishing: Projects for the construction of docks to revive maritime and fishing activities, the establishment of a wholesale fish market in Jacqueville, and the creation of shrimp and lobster production units;
• Oil and gas: Project for the conversion of natural gas into ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers;
• Construction and Public Works (BTP): Project for the construction of a new city in Jacqueville over an area of 300 hectares.

Some priority projects and actions have been identified for the benefit of the Grand Ponts Region, namely:

Source: MEPD, 2024 / PS-Gouv2