Doing Business in Mali

Subject (Course): International Trade and Business in Mali - Bamako

Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Republic of Mali (West Africa)
2. Doing Business in Bamako
3. Malian Economy
4. International Trade of Mali
5. Business and Investment Opportunities in Mali:
   - Agribusiness
   - Livestock
   - Mining sector
   - Renewable Energy
   - Tourism
6. Case Study: Desert Gold Ventures (Canada) in Mali
7. Investment Promotion Agency of Mali
8. Introduction to French
9. Access to the Malian Market
10. Business Plan for Mali

Objectives of the subject "Doing Business in the Republic of Mali":

1. To analyze the Malian economy and foreign trade
2. To evaluate business opportunities in the Republic of Mali
3. To explore Mali's trade relations with the student's country
4. To know Mali's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
5. To develop a business plan for the Malian Market

Sample of the subject - Doing Business in Mali

Subject Description: Foreign Trade and business in Mali

Mali: the third gold producer in Africa.

The Republic of Mali (landlocked country) is the biggest state in West Africa after Niger.

1. Mali shares borders with Mauritania, Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea Conakry, and Senegal.
2. The population of Mali: 14 millions of people (50% women).
3. Bamako is the capital of the Republic of Mali (1.8 millions of people)

The main religion in Mali: Islam (94% of the population).

Mali belongs to the West African Economic Area of the African Civilization.

1. Ahmadou Hampaté Bá

Malian economy:

1. The main Malian economic activity: agriculture and livestock (44% of Malian GDP; 80% of the working population)
2. Malian GDP growth: 5%. Recession in 2012
3. The inflation: 2.1%
4. The third largest gold producer in Africa (75% of the total exports)
5. Cotton: 15% of the total exports
6. Strong liberalization policy
7. Political instability risks in North of Mali: Tuareg rebels (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) and Islamist armed groups
8. Malian currency: CFA Franc

Alphadi, "The Prince of the Desert." Child of Tuareg, Seidnaly Sidhamed alias ALPHADI was born in 1957 in Timbuktu (Mali), parents Traders. In Niger; he lives surrounded by his eight brothers and sisters. Very early on; he enjoys disguise her sisters and her mother and spends hours in front of films Hindus to observe the makeup of actresses. It is already very sensitive to anything that might improve female beauty. However, in a Muslim country, fashion is a sector prohibits boys. Alphadi flies to success. There is not a corner in the World where he had to organize a parade: Niamey, Abidjan, Paris, Brussels, New York, Washington, Quebec, and Tokyo.

Trans-African Highways:

1. Trans-Sahelian Highway
2. Algiers - Mali - Lagos Corridor

Closest ports:

1. Port of Dakar (Senegal)
2. Port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
3. Port of Cotonou (Benin)
4. Port of Lomé (Togo)

Trade Agreements and Preferential Access of Mali:

1. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
2. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
3. West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
4. US-UEMOA Trade Agreement
5. Cotonou Agreement
6. European Union-Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
7. Mali is the beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

Mali is a member of:

1. Forum of Sino-African Cooperation
2. Forum Africa-India
3. Islamic Development Bank
4. Organization for the Development of the Senegal River
5. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
6. Niger Basin Authority
7. African Development Bank
8. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
9. African Union (AU) - Convention on Preventing Corruption
10. New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
11. Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
12. Afro-Arab cooperation
13. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
14. Africa (Mali) - Asia Strategic Partnership
15. WTO, WB

Trade Preferential System OIC: