Relationship dossier
Ivory Coast
South Africa
Relationship assessment
Bilateral engagement includes high-level visits and cooperation agreements
Ivory Coast toward South Africa
+30Côte d’Ivoire hosted South African President Jacob Zuma for a state visit in 2017, during which the two governments signed cooperation agreements. This represents concrete Ivorian engagement with South Africa, although the agreements’ implementation is unclear.
South Africa toward Ivory Coast
+30South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma made a state visit to Abidjan in 2017, and the governments signed cooperation agreements during the visit. The extent to which these arrangements led to sustained cooperation is unclear.
Overall relationship
+30High-level engagement and cooperation agreements provide a basis for a cooperative bilateral relationship. The breadth and durability of that cooperation are difficult to characterize without clearer detail on the agreements’ implementation.
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
Côte d’Ivoire and South Africa have pursued bilateral cooperation, including agreements signed during South African President Jacob Zuma’s 2017 state visit to Abidjan. The relationship includes high-level engagement and cooperation in several fields, though the scope and implementation of these arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
South African President Jacob Zuma made a state visit to Abidjan, during which the governments signed cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of agreements signed during the 2017 state visit are unclear.
- Details of subsequent bilateral cooperation and any unresolved disagreements are limited.