Ivory Coast needs $20 billion in power investment

Ivory Coast requires $20 billion in power investment over the next 15 years to meet soaring demand and reach its goal of becoming a regional hub, the oil and energy minister said on Tuesday. Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer and French-speaking West Africa's largest economy, has a reliable power supply by African standards with total capacity of 1,772 MW. "In order to put our projects into place we will need an estimated $20 billion between 2015-2030," said Adama To