About
History and mandate
The CITA was established under the Conseil to provide the processing industry with the skills it requires, through technology demonstration, industrial practice and vocational training.
- 2015Creation authorised
The Council of Ministers authorises the creation of a training factory for the cashew sector, following the first SIETTA.
- 2020Inauguration
The centre is inaugurated in Yamoussoukro on 1 October by the President of the Republic; it was designed with INP-HB and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.
- 2024Cajou Foodtech
An incubator for cashew-derived products is opened on site, for entrepreneurs and small-scale processors.
- 2025Revision of the curricula
An audit commissioned by the Conseil proposes four tracks and three levels of certification, founded on dual training.
- 2026Pilot phase
First micro-credentials delivered with partner factories.
Photograph: the campus, 4.8 hectares, with the CITA factory
A regional vocation
Abidjan is the seat of the Consultative International Cashew Council, which brings together eleven member states. The school is intended to welcome learners from these countries and from emerging producing countries.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
Admissions, housing and bursaries for international learners: to be defined.
Academic, industrial and institutional partners
The institutions, companies and bodies behind the school and the Masters360 programme at CITA.
- INP-HB, Yamoussoukro
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
- Masters360 network
- Columbia University
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- CITA factory, partner site
- Partner processors
- Conseil Coton Anacarde Karité
- World Bank (PPCA project, 2018 to 2025)
- IECD
- Stockholm Initiative for Food Security