Abidjan, July 1, 2026. From 3:00 to 5:00 pm, the Hôtel Ivoire hosted the exclusive technical conference organized by BBC & Partners on the theme “AI Is Revolutionizing Maintenance”. More than 70 companies — maintenance managers, technical directors, CIOs and decision-makers — attended and discovered, with live demonstrations, how MAINTEX AI is transforming industrial equipment management. A resounding success.
The event was covered by the Business 24 TV channel:
A packed room for a 100% technical conference
Three speakers took the stage: Abdoulaye BAMOGO, CEO of BBC & Partners, opened the conference by introducing the challenges of maintenance in the age of artificial intelligence; Simon Pierre VRAIT, Managing Director of BBC & Partners Côte d’Ivoire, presented the MAINTEX platform; then Abdoulaye BARRY, CTO of BBC & Partners, unveiled MAINTEX AI and its artificial intelligence features.
Another highlight of this technical seminar: several MAINTEX customers came to share their experience, providing concrete feedback on the gains in performance, equipment availability and responsiveness achieved thanks to the artificial intelligence features.
The conference chose to focus on the concrete: no theoretical talk about AI, but live demonstrations on the real platform, based on use cases from the field. The starting observation is shared by all: unplanned production downtime is costly, teams are overwhelmed by emergencies, and the intervention data accumulated over the years remains largely untapped.
More than 20 built-in artificial intelligence features
Developed by BBC & Partners, the MAINTEX AI solution now includes more than 20 artificial intelligence features covering the entire maintenance cycle:
- intelligent breakdown diagnosis: identification of probable causes and recommendation of suitable remedies;
- predictive maintenance: anticipating failures before they occur;
- anomaly detection in histories and operating data;
- automatic analysis of technicians’ intervention reports;
- decision support for maintenance managers;
- optimization of preventive maintenance plans and reduction of operating costs.
Predictive maintenance, demonstrated live
Highlight of the afternoon: the predictive maintenance demonstration, led by Abdoulaye BARRY. Where companies either suffer breakdowns or apply preventive plans at fixed intervals, MAINTEX AI analyzes intervention histories, spare parts issues, downtime and technicians’ observations to detect the weak signals that herald a failure.
“In an industrial company, what matters is the health of the equipment: the assets are what make the business. We need them to be available and reliable. And for them to be reliable, we have to anticipate breakdowns. AI provides everything needed to make a prediction: we are able to say ‘watch out, the bearing on this piece of equipment will fail in two months’.”
— Abdoulaye BAMOGO, CEO of BBC & Partners, speaking to Business 24 TV
This ability to anticipate makes it possible to schedule interventions at the right time, limit unplanned downtime and sustainably increase equipment availability.
Technicians’ data becomes intelligence
Another key message from the conference: MAINTEX’s AI does not start from scratch. It leverages the data that teams already produce every day.
“Technicians write intervention reports, log time spent, issue spare parts, produce activity reports. AI processes all this information and becomes capable of providing solutions and answers, and of anticipating breakdowns that could happen — and that won’t happen, because AI is there.”
— Simon Pierre VRAIT, Managing Director of BBC & Partners Côte d’Ivoire, speaking to Business 24 TV
Every report, every parts issue, every observation becomes a source of learning: the experience accumulated by the teams is capitalized and put to work for the whole company.
More than 18 industries covered
The diversity of the participants illustrates the versatility of the solution: MAINTEX AI covers more than 18 industries — manufacturing, food processing, mining, energy, water, construction, transport and logistics, telecommunications, healthcare, hospitality, local authorities and technical services.
Already used by many companies in France, Europe and Africa, the solution is deployed with systematic support: every project includes training sessions enabling technicians to fully master the tool and durably embed the new practices.
Discussions that went on late into the evening
The participants’ enthusiasm was such that the initially planned two-hour duration was largely exceeded: the rich and lively discussions continued late into the evening around a convivial buffet. A strong sign of the interest this topic generates among maintenance professionals.
The entire MAINTEX and BBC & Partners team warmly thanks the participants for the quality of the discussions. This conference marks an important milestone in the spread of artificial intelligence applied to maintenance in West Africa — and confirms that predictive maintenance is no longer a promise, but an operational reality.
Given the large number of companies that were unfortunately unable to join us that day, BBC & Partners is organizing a webinar on the same topic, on September 10, 2026 at 2:00 pm GMT. Book this date in your calendar now so you don’t miss this key event on the future of AI-assisted maintenance — the registration link will be shared soon.
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About MAINTEX AI
Developed by BBC & Partners, MAINTEX AI is a French CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) solution enhanced with artificial intelligence. It helps companies improve breakdown diagnosis, reduce downtime, anticipate failures and optimize their maintenance costs, in France and internationally.
