The 6th Edition of ARCHIBAT was held from October 03 to October 07, 2017, at the airport exhibition fair, in Port-Bouët (Abidjan). The Theme of this exhibition was : "Ten years of solutions to make your dreams become true ".
This occasion was also the occasion for ARCHIBAT to celebrate its 10th anniverary .
High-level personalities like Mr. Amadou GON Coulibaly, the Prime Minister of Côte d?Ivoire, Mr.Claude Isaac DE, the Minister of Construction, Housing, Sanitation and Town Planning and the Minister of Economic Infrastructure attended the opening ceremony. Also, Construction and architecture professionals from Côte d?ivoire and abroad took part to the ceremony.
For this 6th exhibition, Government authorities gave their support and the support of the State when it comes to accompanying professionals in this sector to provide the Ivorian populations with a healthy living environment in terms of both quantitative and qualitative aspects.
Thus, the Ivorian Prime Minister took the opportunity of this great event to congratulate the organizers .
During the exhibition, reflections were carried out through conferences, panels and "be to be" meetings on key issues such as: the contribution of architects to the solution of global energy and climate issues; the financial instruments put in place by COP and the possible accessibility paths for architects and builders in Africa.
This 6th edition welcomed both national and international exhibitors from different countries such as Spain, Germany, France, Tunisia, Algeria and so on.
So it was a great opportunity to make commercial relations and cooperation.
The public also came massively to visit and have exchanges with the exhibitors. In whole, more than 30,000 visitors came to discover and learn from the experts of architecture and building.
These days was full in color. the stands have been visited. Also TV talk-shows, dedicated programs, interviews, reports, animations and games; B 2 B meetings, conferences, screenings and live streaming panels have been organized.
ARCHIBAT 2017 have been a successful venue thanks Ismaël BOGA-N'GUESSAN manager of agency AXES Marketing .
Rendez-vous is Therefore taken for the 7th edition in 2019.
[Joël Landry NIANZOU]