Côte d'Ivoire

General Data

Capital

Yamoussoukro (Abidjan, siège du gouvernement)

Population

32,0 M (2025)

Area

322 463 km²

Currency

CFA franc (XOF)

Language

French

Timezone

UTC+0

GDP

87,1 Md$ (2024)

Independence

1960

Production

Artisanal production, Bélier region

Annual Revenue

About 8,071 t of tobacco leaf a year, ranking first in West Africa (FAO) — all varieties combined. No statistic isolates the share that goes to cigars, and there is no export line for Ivorian cigars.

Climate

Baoulé type, a humid tropical transition climate — two rainy seasons, 1,000 to 1,400 mm

Soil

Ferrallitic over the granitic bedrock of the Bélier

Regions

• Tiébissou
• Didiévi
• Djékanou

Varieties

• Tiébissou
• Didiévi

Manufacturers

• Le Fagot Cigar

Sommelier Note

Le Fagot builds a Tiébissou wrapper over a Didiévi binder and filler, two neighbouring departments of the Bélier, after some hundred days of ageing.

Production Zones

• Didiévi — Le Fagot's binder and filler.
• Djékanou — Named by the house among its sites; its role in the blend is not stated.
• Tiébissou — The department that gives Le Fagot its wrapper.

Local industry

NATIONAL ARTISANAL PRODUCTION

Côte d'Ivoire has no Habanos representation. Its place in the atlas rests on an entirely domestic production: the leaf comes from the Tiébissou and Didiévi departments, in the Bélier region, and the rolling is done in Abidjan. The country is also West Africa's leading grower of tobacco leaf, but that industry is the cigarette one, in the north, around Bouaké.

Ownership

Le Fagot Cigar, an independent Ivorian company

Headquarters

Abidjan, Riviéra Palmeraie

Festival & Events

No national cigar festival

Manufactures

• Le Fagot Cigar

  Abidjan

  Le Fagot

Iconic Brands 1

• Le Fagot Cigar

Cigar caves & lounges in Côte d'Ivoire 16

• Elite Cigar Abidjan Abidjan

  A haven for aficionados, discreet and warm. Restaurant, lounge, cigar shop and terrace.

• Iroko Cigar Lounge Bar Abidjan

  Cigar lounge in Abidjan. Instagram: @irokoloungeabidjan

• Cigarro CI — Diamond Center Beverly Hills Abidjan, Beverly Hills — Diamond Center

  Cigarro CI lounge in the Diamond Center Beverly Hills. Instagram: @cigarro.ci

• Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire — Fumoir Abidjan, Cocody — Boulevard Hassan II

  Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire, boulevard Hassan II in Cocody. The official list of its bars (Cacao Lounge, Link Bar, Oasis Pool Bar, Le Jardin Pool Bar) mentions neither a smoking room nor cigars; the presence of a cigar…

• Zino — Cave Rue des Jardins (II Plateaux) Abidjan, Cocody, II Plateaux — Rue des Jardins

  Second cigar cellar of the house of Zino, Rue des Jardins in II Plateaux, open until midnight on weekdays according to its site.

• Cohiba'r Club Abidjan, Deux-Plateaux Vallon — Galerie Sainte Cécile, Rue des Jardins

  Founded in 2018. Sells Nicaraguan, Dominican and Cuban cigars, plus accessories.

• L'Escale (Cigar Lounge) — Novotel Abidjan Marcory Abidjan, Marcory — Boulevard Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

  Cigar lounge of the Novotel Abidjan Marcory, listed among the hotel's bars on its Accor page and in Accor's announcement of 22 November 2024. The hotel was officially inaugurated on 6 February 2025.

• Zino — Cave Cap Sud (Marcory) Abidjan, Marcory — Galerie commerciale Cap Sud

  Cigar cellar of the house of Zino — perfumery, watches, leather goods and cigars in Abidjan for more than forty years, it says — in the Cap Sud shopping gallery in Marcory: Habanos and New World cigars.

• Zino Cigares & Lounge — Flagship Zone 4 Abidjan, Marcory — Rue Paul Langevin

  Opened on 6 January 2025 by the brothers Kamal and Charan Daswani. One hundred and sixty square metres: a 120 m² walk-in humidor holding over 450 Habanos references, and a 120 m² smoking lounge seating 150.

• Zino Bar Lounge Abidjan, Marcory Résidentiel — Bvd de la Lorraine, Rue des Citronniers

  Cigar lounge in Abidjan, in Marcory Résidentiel. A selection of Habanos and premium cigars.

• Boca Chica Club Bar & Cigare Lounge Abidjan, Plateau — Hôtel Noom (3e étage)

  Third-floor lounge at the Hôtel Noom Plateau. Luxury cigars, whiskies, champagnes and leather club armchairs. Soul, blues and smooth jazz.

• Radisson Hotel & Apartments Abidjan Plateau — Sky Bar Abidjan, Plateau — Radisson Hotel & Apartments Abidjan Plateau

  Sky bar of the Radisson Hotel & Apartments Abidjan Plateau, announced in the press before the hotel opened. No source read mentions a cigar space; the hotel's official page could not be read.

• COHIBA'R — Riviera Palmeraie Abidjan, près pharmacie Divine Onction, Deux-Plateaux SOCOCE Cocody

  Cigar shop in Riviera Palmeraie since 2009. Cuban, Nicaraguan and Dominican cigars.

• Fagot Cigare Abidjan, Riviéra Palmeraie — après la cité universitaire de la Riviéra 2

  A cigar workshop listed in the Riviéra Palmeraie district of Abidjan; no public source confirms that it is active today.

• Cigarro CI — Rue du Dr Blanchard Zone 4 Abidjan, Zone 4 — Rue du Docteur Blanchard

  Cigarro CI's second address, in Zone 4. Instagram: @cigarro.ci

• Zino Cigares — Cap Sud Abidjan, Zone 4 (Marcory) — Galerie commerciale Cap Sud, boulevard Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

  Zino cigar shop in the Cap Sud shopping arcade, opened on 10 December 2020 according to the Ivorian press (Koaci). Listed as a Habanos Specialist by Cigar Inspector.