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The Hausa of Cote d’Ivoire

The Hausa of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 484,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a West African diaspora people of Hausa origin, descended from communities rooted in Hausaland of northern Nigeria and southern Niger who established trading and settlement communities in Côte d'Ivoire while maintaining a broader Hausa identity. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Hausa

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 484,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013089
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film
The Savior View Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
1979 Bible Society of Nigeria ✓
Common Language Version (FCBH Audio) ✓ ✓
Littafi Mai Tsarki ✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hausa are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Hausa:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Hausa of Cote d’Ivoire

Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
readJerremiah 32:17

Pray that the God who made the heavens and the earth by the power of His outstretched arm, the One who is able to save those who are lost, will show His great love and mercy to those who are walking in darkness.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
readPsalm 105:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will glory in His holy name and that their hearts will rejoice.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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19 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Hausa PG047465 Hausa Canada 375 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG013409 Hausa Guinea 1,500 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG050354 Hausa United States 5,400 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG012404 Hausa Burkina Faso 12,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG011263 Hausa Algeria 12,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG012971 Hausa Congo 12,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG014358 Hausa Togo 26,000 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013165 Hausa Equatorial Guinea 32,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG012869 Hausa Central African Republic 41,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG012327 Hausa Benin 44,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013188 Hausa Gabon 45,000 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG042724 Hausa Ethiopia 134,000 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG011360 Hausa Chad 296,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013336 Hausa Ghana 323,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG012616 Hausa Cameroon 434,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013089 Hausa Cote d’Ivoire 484,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG012037 Hausa Sudan 1,060,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG013600 Hausa Niger 16,200,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013828 Hausa Nigeria 40,650,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam

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