e-Course: Doing Business in Mali

Syllabus of the Online Course (Subject): Foreign Trade and Business in Mali - Bamako.
- Introduction to the Republic of Mali (West Africa)
- Ahmadou Hampaté Bá
(Malian Historian)
- Doing Business in Bamako,
Gao,
Kayes,
Kidal,
Koulikoro,
Mopti,
Ségou,
Sikasso,
and
Timbuktu
- Malian Economy
- International Trade of Mali
- Business and Investment Opportunities in Mali:
- Agribusiness
- Livestock
- Malian Mining sector
- Renewable Energy
- Tourism
- Case Study: Desert Gold Ventures (Canada) in Mali
- Investment Promotion Agency of Mali
- Access to the Malian Market
- Business Plan for Mali
The objectives of the Online Course / Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Mali”
are the following::
- To analyse the Malian economy and foreign trade
- To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Mali
- To explore Malian trade relations with the student's country
- To know Malian Trade Agreements
- To develop a business plan for the Malian Market
Example of the Online Course - Doing Business in Mali

Description of the Online Course: Foreign Trade and Business in Mali
The Republic of Mali (landlocked country) is the largest state in West Africa after Niger.
- Mali shares borders with Mauritania, Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea Conakry, and Senegal
- Malian Population: 18 million people (50% women)
- Malian Area: 1,241,238 square kilometres
- Bamako is the capital of the Republic of Mali (1.8 million people)
- The largest Malian cities are Bamako, Kayes, Ségou, Mopti, Sikasso, Koulikoro, Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu.
- Official language of Mali: French
- 50% of Malian speak Bambara
- Independence: 1960 (France)
More information about Mali (African Portal - EENI Business School & HA University).

Main religions in Mali:
- Islam (94% of the Malian population)
- African Traditional Religions
Mali belongs to the West African Economic Area (African Civilisation).
“In Africa, when an old man dies; it is a library burning” Amadou Hampaté Bá

Malian Economy:
Mali: The third gold producer in Africa.
- The main Malian economic activity are agriculture and livestock (44% of Malian GDP; 80% of the working population)
- Malian GDP growth: 5%. Recession in 2012
- Inflation: 2.1%
- Mali is the third largest gold producer in Africa (75% of total exports)
- Malian Cotton: 15% of total exports
- Strong liberalisation policy
- Political instability risks in North of Mali: Tuareg rebels (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) and Islamist armed groups
- Malian currency: CFA Franc
- Bamako (Mali) - Dakar (Senegal)
Railway: 1,248 km

Alphadi, “The Prince of the Desert.” Child of Tuareg, Seidnaly Sidhamed alias ALPHADI was born in 1957 in Timbuktu (Mali), they parents were traders. In Niger; he lives surrounded by his eight brothers and sisters. Very early; he enjoys disguise her sisters and mother and spends hours in front of Hindus films to observe the make-up of the actresses. It is already very sensitive to anything that might improve the female beauty. However, in a Muslim country, fashion is a sector prohibits to boys. Alphadi flies to success. There is not a
corner in the World where he had to organise a parade: Niamey, Abidjan, Paris, Brussels, New York, Washington, Quebec, and Tokyo.
Trans-African Roads:
- Trans-Sahelian Highway
- Algiers-Mali-Lagos Corridor
Nearest Ports:
- Port of Dakar (Senegal)
- Port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
- Port of Cotonou (Benin)
- Port of Lomé (Togo)

Trade Agreements and Preferential Access of Mali:
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
- US-UEMOA Trade Agreement
- Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership (Cotonou)
- European Union-Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)
- Mali is the beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)


Mali is a member of:
- Forum of Sino-African Cooperation
- Africa-India Forum
- G5-Sahel
- Islamic Development Bank
- Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
- Niger Basin Authority
- African Development Bank
- Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
- African Union (AU)
- Convention on Preventing Corruption
- New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
- Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
- Afro-Arab Cooperation
- Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
- Africa (Mali) - Asia Strategic Partnership
- WTO, WB
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