Workers manufacture and package cosmetics products at the Kaera cosmetics manufacturing factory in the Yopougon industrial zone on the outskirts of Abidjan on July 7, 2026. From natural cosmetics to oil and gas distribution, Ivory Coast is betting on champion firms that emerged from 15 years of economic growth to carry its development plan forward to 2030. Following the 20022011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above 6 percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

An electric forklift operator moves gas cylinders for dispatch at the Petro Ivoire facility in the Vridi industrial zone of Abidjan on July 7, 2026. From natural cosmetics to oil and gas distribution, Ivory Coast is betting on champion firms that emerged from 15 years of economic growth to carry its development plan forward to 2030. Following the 20022011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above 6 percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of the Kaera cosmetics manufacturing factory in the Yopougon industrial zone on the outskirts of Abidjan on July 7, 2026. From natural cosmetics to oil and gas distribution, Ivory Coast is betting on champion firms that emerged from 15 years of economic growth to carry its development plan forward to 2030. Following the 20022011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above 6 percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers manufacture and package cosmetics products at the Kaera cosmetics manufacturing factory in the Yopougon industrial zone on the outskirts of Abidjan on July 7, 2026. From natural cosmetics to oil and gas distribution, Ivory Coast is betting on champion firms that emerged from 15 years of economic growth to carry its development plan forward to 2030. Following the 20022011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above 6 percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker walks past storage spheres used for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and butane at the Petro Ivoire facility in the Vridi industrial zone of Abidjan on July 7, 2026. From natural cosmetics to oil and gas distribution, Ivory Coast is betting on champion firms that emerged from 15 years of economic growth to carry its development plan forward to 2030. Following the 20022011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above 6 percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Electric forklift operators take a break as they move gas cylinders for dispatch at the Petro Ivoire facility in the Vridi industrial zone of Abidjan on July 7, 2026. From natural cosmetics to oil and gas distribution, Ivory Coast is betting on champion firms that emerged from 15 years of economic growth to carry its development plan forward to 2030. Following the 20022011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above 6 percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers take a break beside mixing tanks used to prepare cosmetics products at the Kaera cosmetics manufacturing factory in the Yopougon industrial zone on the outskirts of Abidjan on July 7, 2026. From natural cosmetics to oil and gas distribution, Ivory Coast is betting on champion firms that emerged from 15 years of economic growth to carry its development plan forward to 2030. Following the 20022011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above 6 percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Fode Yattabare, CEO of Kaera, speaks during an interview in his office at the company's cosmetics manufacturing factory in the Yopougon industrial zone on the outskirts of Abidjan on July 7, 2026. From natural cosmetics to oil and gas distribution, Ivory Coast is betting on champion firms that emerged from 15 years of economic growth to carry its development plan forward to 2030. Following the 20022011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above 6 percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)