On 04 August 2023, a delegation from the National Chamber of Consulting Engineers and Experts of Côte d'Ivoire (CHANIE), made up of twenty-four civil engineers and experts, visited the Singrobo-Ahouaty hydroelectric development site located 144 km north of Abidjan. The delegation was invited by the company promoting the project (IHE), chaired by Mr ETTY Ekolan Alain, who is also a member of CHANIE.

Mr Coulibaly Souleymane, Chairman of CHANIE, stressed the importance of the visit, which was intended to give CHANIE an insight into the economic, technical and environmental aspects of the project. He praised the originality of such a project, dreamt up and carried out by an Ivorian engineer, highlighting the quality of human resources in Côte d'Ivoire.

Addressing his fellow CHANIE members, Mr ETTY explained the background to a project conceived in 2009 and which really took shape in 2013, with the signing of an agreement between IHE and the State of Côte d'Ivoire, as part of a public-private partnership.

At the end of the visit, Mr ETTY thanked the CHANIE delegation, pointing out that given the current state of progress of the works, estimated at over 85%, the structure would be commissioned by the end of the first quarter of 2024 at the latest.