The Ivorian government launched construction on Friday, 16 October 2026, in Bouaké, of 1,520 social and affordable housing units, at a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé. Financed by the West African Development Bank (BOAD), the project has an announced cost of more than 40 billion FCFA, according to the Primature.
The housing will be offered for rent and rent-to-own, the Ivorian News Agency specifies. The programme forms part of the government's emergency scheme for 25,000 housing units, aimed in particular at low-income households.
Construction is scheduled to take three years, local outlet IGbêkê reports. On a site of about 16 hectares, near the second campus of Alassane Ouattara University, it is to comprise 76 four-storey buildings above the ground floor. The announced breakdown includes 760 three-room apartments and 760 four-room apartments.
Funding rests on two agreements signed with the Ivorian state, in August 2025 and then in May 2026. They cover 680 and 840 housing units respectively in Bouaké, according to IGbêkê.
Beyond the apartments, the project includes school complexes, a health centre, community and sports facilities, as well as playgrounds and green spaces, said Minister of Urban Planning, Housing and Living Environment Moussa Sanogo.
A property management office is to handle the management and upkeep of the common areas, according to the minister's presentation published by the Primature.
A street on the outskirts of Bouaké, 15 April 2018. Archive photo, unrelated to the announced project. Adélie Ranville / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. WebP reduction and conversion, same licence.
