Côte d'Ivoire: Vulnerable households and small businesses find relief from government program to ease Covid-19 headaches

For Hortense Koné, the manager of a small restaurant in Abobo Belleville, north of Côte d'Ivoire’s economic capital Abidjan, paying her water and electricity bills became a headache last year when Covid-19 lockdown restrictions hit her business. But a decision by the Ivorian government to cover water and electricity bills for households in the lower income brackets has finally brought her some relief. […] Read More