Abidjan Research & Development Center opening

NESTLÉ R&D CENTRE ABIDJAN: Creating Shared Value for both the company and rural communities

On April 30, 2009, Nestlé inaugurated a new R&D centre in Abidjan. The first Nestlé R&D centre of its kind in Africa, the facility is dedicated to improving the quality of locally-sourced raw materials including cocoa, coffee and cassava.

The opening of the R&D centre reinforces the Company's commitment to rural development in Africa and is a further illustration of the principle of Creating Shared Value, Nestlé's way of doing business which simultaneously creates value for the company and the communities in which it operates.

Read the press release.


Additional resources:

Background information
Brochure (pdf, 4 Mb)

Press Images

  The R&D centre (zip, 7 Mb)

  Sensory lab (zip, 3 Mb)

  Harvesting casssava (zip, 3 Mb)

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