Doing Business in Mali

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Syllabus of the Subject: Doing Business in Mali - Bamako.

  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:
    1. Agribusiness
    2. Livestock
    3. Malian Mining sector
    4. Renewable Energy
    5. 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

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
The Subject (e-learning) “Doing Business in Mali” is part of the following Higher Education Programs taught by EENI (Business School) and the Hispano-African University of International Business:
  1. Online Doctorates: Islamic Countries, Africa
  2. Course: West Africa
  3. Masters: International Business, Muslims Markets, Africa
  4. Bachelor's Degree in Inter-African Business

African Students, Master in Business, EENI (Business School) and HA University

Course learning materials in Higher Education in English or Post-secondary Education in French Mali Study in Portuguese Mali Tertiary Education in Spanish Mali

  1. Credits of the subject “Foreign Trade and Doing Business in Mali”: 1 ECTS Credits
  2. Duration: one week

Area of Knowledge: Africa

Sample of the subject - Doing Business in Mali
Foreign Trade and Doing Business in Mali

Hispano-African University of International Business

Hispano-African University of International Business

Description of the Subject (Online Learning): 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. Malian Population: 18 million people (50% women)
  3. Bamako is the capital of the Republic of Mali (1.8 million people)

Main religions in Mali:

  1. Islam (94% of the Malian population)
  2. African Traditional Religions

Mali belongs to the West African Economic Area (African Civilisation).

  1. Ahmadou Hampaté Bá

Amadou Hampaté Bá (Malian Historian)

We Trust in Africa

Malian Economy:

  1. 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. Inflation: 2.1%
  4. Mali is the third largest gold producer in Africa (75% of the total exports)
  5. 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. Malian currency: CFA Franc
  9. Railway Bamako (Mali) - Dakar (Senegal): 1,248 km

G5 Sahel- Lucha terrorismo yihadista

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 Roads:

  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)

ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States

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. Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership (Cotonou)
  6. European Union-Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)
  7. Mali is the beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

Niger Basin Authority

Common Market (West African Economic and Monetary Union)

Mali is a member of:

  1. Forum of Sino-African Cooperation
  2. Africa-India Forum
  3. G5-Sahel
  4. Islamic Development Bank
  5. Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River
  6. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
  7. Niger Basin Authority
  8. African Development Bank
  9. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  10. African Union (AU)
  11. Convention on Preventing Corruption
  12. New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
  13. Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
  14. Afro-Arab Cooperation
  15. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
  16. Africa (Mali) - Asia Strategic Partnership
  17. WTO, WB

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Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River

West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU)

Trans-Sahelian Highway, Dakar-N’Djamena Corridor

Algiers-Lagos Corridor (Trans-Saharan Highway)

Trade Preferential System (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)

United States-West African Economic and Monetary Union Agreement



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