Western & Central Africa Representative Office

As a partner in Africa's economy and success, HEC Paris opened a representative office in Abidjan in 2018 to develop its presence in Côte d'Ivoire and other West and Central African countries such as Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo.

General view of the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast (© Roman Yanushevsky - AdobeStock)

With a presence on the African continent since 2007, HEC Paris has already trained more than 25,000 executives on the continent through its various programs.

The Abidjan office, which opened in July 2018, aims to train African executives locally in management, finance and digital professions through a diversified executive education offer. HEC Paris hopes to turn the Ivorian capital into a true training hub, building a bridge between West and Central Africa.

The activities of the Abidjan office are carried out through 3 specific programs:

The PACT Afrique equal opportunity program, which aims to broaden the horizons of young people from the continent by preparing them for the international entrance exams of the Grande Ecole program at HEC Paris;
the GEMM (Global Executive Master in Management) program, which responds to a local need for executive education;
the Challenge+ Afrique program, which is open to all entrepreneurs on the African continent, particularly those with innovative projects with a high impact on African socio-economic development.