Business in Mali

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: Doing Business in Mali - Bamako. Syllabus:

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

The objectives of the subject “Foreign Trade and Doing Business in the Republic of Mali” are the following::

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

Sample of the subject - Doing Business in Mali

Description of the Subject: 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 Civilisation.

1. Ahmadou Hampaté Bá

The Malian Economy:

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

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 her 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 Highways:

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

The nearest 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-Generalised 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. Africa-India Forum
3. Islamic Development Bank
4. Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River
5. Organisation 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. Organisation for the Harmonisation 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

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