During his annual state of the nation address in Abidjan, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara forecast a 7.2% growth in Côte d'Ivoire's GDP in 2023. "After a GDP growth rate of 2% in 2020, a year when all the economies of the world have plunged because of Covid, Côte d'Ivoire has still managed to maintain its expansion," he adds. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES