Relationship dossier
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Relationship assessment
Bilateral cooperation formalized through agreements signed during Kenya’s 2014 presidential visit to Abidjan.
Ivory Coast toward Kenya
+25Côte d’Ivoire’s government signed bilateral cooperation agreements and memoranda with Kenya during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2014 visit to Abidjan, including arrangements covering trade and tourism.
Kenya toward Ivory Coast
+25Kenya’s government signed bilateral cooperation agreements and memoranda with Côte d’Ivoire during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2014 visit to Abidjan, including arrangements covering trade and tourism.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes concrete institutional cooperation, notably agreements signed during the 2014 presidential visit. The known initiatives support a moderately cooperative characterization, while their implementation and the extent of subsequent bilateral engagement remain unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire have pursued formal bilateral cooperation. During Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2014 visit to Abidjan, the two governments signed cooperation agreements and memoranda covering areas including trade and tourism. The known initiatives indicate moderate institutional cooperation, though their implementation and the breadth of later government-to-government engagement are unclear.
Key developments
During President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Abidjan, Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire signed bilateral agreements and memoranda covering areas including trade and tourism.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and continuing scope of the agreements signed in 2014 are unclear.
- Details of subsequent bilateral government cooperation are limited.