The Jamat of Abidjan waves goodbye to Mawlana Hazar Imam as his plane departs Côte d’Ivoire from Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport. Photo: Courtesy AKDN West Africa
Mawlana Hazar Imam departed Côte d’Ivoire this morning for Senegal, the last leg of his Golden Jubilee visit to West Africa. The Minister for Foreign Affairs for Côte d’Ivoire, Youssouf Bakayoko and Minister of State for Planning and Development, Paul Antoine Bohoun Bouabré accompanied Mawlana Hazar Imam to the airport. The Jamat of Abidjan also came to the airport to wish Hazar Imam “bon voyage”.
During his visit to Côte d’Ivoire, Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Rahim met with President Laurent Gbagbo and government ministers to review the work of AKDN in the country. President Gbagbo also hosted a dinner in honour of Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Presidential Palace. In his address at the dinner, President Gbagbo paid tribute to Mawlana Hazar Imam’s long standing support for Côte d’Ivoire. Mawlana Hazar Imam thanked the President and talked about the expansion of AKDN’s activities beyond the realm of economic development, to include social and cultural initiatives.
Mawlana Hazar Imam presided over the signing ceremony to establish the Première Agence de Microfinance in Côte d’Ivoire. This new unit of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance joins a larger family which includes units in Mali and Burkina Faso that were launched in 2006.
Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Rahim also visited Filtisac Côte d’Ivoire — a manufacturer of jute, polypropylene and polyethylene bags for the agricultural trade. Filtisac is one of the oldest entities of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development in the region, and Mawlana Hazar Imam was present at its opening in 1965.
Further details, including press releases, Mawlana Hazar Imam’s speeches and photographs are available on the AKDN website. Additional information will continue to be posted at www.TheIsmaili.org.
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