2024-07-20 06:34:04
More than 200 business and institutional leaders, including delegations from Morocco, Egypt, Mali, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Congo, are taking part in this two-day multi-sectoral mission, the 39th of its kind to be initiated by the Africa Development Club.
More than 200 structured B to B meetings allowed participating companies to generate business opportunities in the oil and gas, agriculture, agro-industry, construction, IT, services and energy sectors.
“This event comes after the International Africa Development Forum (FIAD 2024), held on June 27 and 28 in Casablanca, and thus reinforces the commitment of the Africa Development Club to promote bilateral trade and regional integration. Crédit du Sénégal, backed by the Attijariwafa bank group, actively supports local companies, particularly in the Oil & Gas sector, by offering financing and support solutions,” said Crédit du Sénégal’s Managing Director, Modou Seye.
“Senegal is positioned as one of the most dynamic economies in the region thanks to its political and economic stability. Today, more than ever, we remain determined to support our partners and actively contribute to the country’s economic ambitions,” said, for her part, Ms. Sokhna Maimouna Diop, Deputy General Manager in charge of operations at CBAO, a subsidiary of the Attijariwafa bank Group.
For her part, Ms. Mouna Kadiri, Director of the Africa Development Club, stressed that the latter “has become the reference platform for African businesses, by consolidating multicultural corridors promoting the creation of values and opportunities for our societies and for youth.”
“Our country continues its march towards emergence, thanks to policies of economic diversification, good governance and training of human capital. The discoveries of gas and oil, since 2014, reinforce these ambitions, diversifying our economy and creating jobs. We aim for universal access to electricity, with competitive and affordable energy”, indicated, for his part, Cheikh Niane, Secretary General of the Senegalese Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Mines.
“The MSGBC sedimentary basin remains promising for hydrocarbons. The favorable legal framework encourages private investment. You have every reason to invest in Senegal, the country of Teranga,” he said during this meeting.
The event was marked by the holding of a joint interview on the theme “How to catalyze trade between Senegal and African countries in the context of the AfCFTA”, which saw the participation of Chérif Younous Diallo, head of the international agreements office, at the foreign trade directorate of Senegal, and Sanaa Drissi Alami, of the Group Head Trade Finance, FI and Correspondent Banking (Attijariwafa bank Group).
“The Attijariwafa bank group is committed to supporting initiatives that promote and consolidate trade and investment in Africa. As a result, we have just signed a MOU with the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area, on the sidelines of the last International Africa Development Forum, held on June 27 and 28 in Casablanca,” recalled, in this regard, Ms. Alami.
Also taking part in this meeting were Pape Massal Dieye, executive director of FONSIS (Sovereign Fund for Strategic Investments) in charge of investments, Baba Tall, secretary general of Senegal Supply Base, and Gora Lo, general coordinator of the National Council for Monitoring Local Content.
This multi-sectoral mission will end on Saturday with a visit to the Cargo village of the Integrated Special Economic Zone of Diass, located 45 km from the city of Dakar.
Through this major event, CBAO Senegal, Crédit du Sénégal and the Club Afrique Développement reaffirm the commitment of the Attijariwafa bank Group to serving an Africa that is moving forward.
The Africa Development Club, created by the Attijariwafa bank Group in 2016, aims to bring together the business community, leaders and public representatives in order to pragmatically boost investments across the continent.
It is a reference, networking and exchange space, dedicated to economic operators wishing to develop on the African continent in the fields of business and investments. It also offers a platform for accessing information, services and expertise to promote the realization of entrepreneurial and structuring projects of States, as well as South-South and North-South-South cooperation.
The Africa Development Club now has more than 6,000 active members. It has organized, with the subsidiaries of the Attijariwafa bank group, 38 multi-sector missions, in addition to seven editions of the “International Africa Development Forum”, thus mobilizing more than 22,000 business leaders from 40 countries on the continent and partner countries.
2024-07-20 06:34:04