Côte d’Ivoire has opened international bidding for a 27.5-kilometre road from Danané through Gbeunta to the Liberian border, giving Egyptian contractors a route to compete for the African Development Bank-financed works.
Côte d’Ivoire’s road agency, AGEROUTE, is seeking sealed bids by 16 December 2026 in Cairo. The international tender notice, issued on 27 October under reference T 1554/2026, gives the winning contractor 20 months to pave a two-lane road and five kilometres of streets in Danané, and build a bridge and drainage structures.
- Who can bid?The notice calls for open international competition under African Development Bank (AfDB) procurement rules, with no separate prequalification round. Egypt is an AfDB member so Egyptian firms can compete subject to the tender’s technical and financial requirements.
- What the financing covers.Côte d’Ivoire ratified a €115.66 million loan, equivalent to about $129 million at the 6 November exchange rate, for the wider programme to improve access to border and farming areas. The programme also includes other roads, feeder routes, and market upgrades. The tender listing does not disclose a standalone value for the Danané contract.
- What the road means for communities.The AfDB says poor links to markets force farmers in the programme area to sell produce at steep discounts or lose harvests. Its appraisal estimates that the Danané–Gbeunta works will affect 604 people and require about 69 hectares of land, mostly farmland. The appraisal calls for compensation before works begin.
Egypt’s Arab Contractors already has an office in Abidjan and lists the Jacqueville bridge and the Abidjan airport cargo village among its Ivorian projects.
In July, the company said it was building wastewater treatment plants in six Ivorian cities, including Man in the west.
