Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire’s largest city is also the home of the second largest port in Africa. Overseen by the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA), the largest operator of merchandise through the port is SIMAT (Societe Ivorienne de Manutention et Transit).

Ageroute is both an independent entity as well as the agency of Ivory Coast responsible for road maintenance and funding. Ageroute was specifically charged charged with coordinating and supervising the extension of the country's road network and the renovation of existing roads.

Today it is West Africa’s third largest Internet market after Nigeria and Ghana. It also has a mobile phone penetration rate of 70%—one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa.

Côte d’Ivoire was one of the first countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to gain full internet connectivity. Orange owns an 85% interest in Orange Côte d’Ivoire, which began operating its network in 1996 under the Ivoiris brand, and a 45% interest in Côte d’Ivoire Telecom (CIT), Ivory Coast’s incumbent telecommunications operator, which supplies fixed-line telephone services as well as broadband and wholesale services.

It is expected that the Gulf of Guinea will supply about a quarter of all US oil by 2015.

Incorporated in 1994 with a capital of 110 million CFA, Petro Ivoire, SA is a public limited company engaged in the distribution of oil products and gas.

Agriculture is the backbone of Côte d’Ivoire’s economy. It employs 68% of the labor force, and accounts for 28% of GDP. While the prosperity of the companies and individuals in this sector is variable, depending on market conditions and, to a lesser extent, climatic conditions (amount of rainfall, etc.), it is the most solid factor in the economy.

The new government of Alassane Ouatarra has established a new approach to agriculture in Côte d'Ivoire called the National Agriculture Investment Program (NAIP). Its goals, according to Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, Côte d'Ivoire's Minister of Agriculture, are to achieve national food sufficiency, and to increase the agricultural industry's growth to 8.9%.

Created in 1998, the CNRA has been Côte d'Ivoire's primary agricultural R&D agency, accounting for two-thirds of the total research capacity and over three-quarters of its agricultural R&D investments.

SOTICI (Société de Transformation Industrielle en Côte d’Ivoire), is the leading manufacturer in West Africa of PV and Polyethylene (PE) pipes, and PVC fittings. It is also one of Côte d’Ivoire’s major manufacturers and exporters.

Founded by an Ivorian entrepreneur in 1999, in twelve short years GLS Catering Services, Ltd., has expanded its operations into eight countries on three continents.

The major segments of Cote d'Ivoire's industrial sector are energy, oil and gas processing, mining, and food processing. Several major factors will continue to guide industrial growth.