Educational level: Continuing education / Executive education programs.
Course summary (Doing business in Senegal)
Doing business in Senegal Dakar: Imports, Investment FDI, Customs. Agribusiness, New Technologies, tourism, textile, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mining ...
Senegalese economy
Senegal launched in recent years an extensive program of privatization
of public enterprises affecting large sectors of the economy. Some high-profile
investors are now present in strategic sectors such as telecommunications, energy, tourism or transportation.
Senegal's economy remains dominated by tertiary activities which
contribute 60% to the GDP. The primary and secondary activities contribute 20%
each.
Senegal is the first country to have been rated B + / Stable / B in West
Africa by the prestigious international rating agency Standard & Poor's.
Senegal has invested in recent years more than any other African country in the
telecommunications sector, Senegal is positioned as a leader in West Africa.
Example of the course (Doing business in Senegal):
Senegal is situated at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the Americas, is a crossroads of major sea and air routes. Border countries: Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia.
Senegal's population is 12 million (an average density of 48 inhabitants
per km2). Over 25% of this population is concentrated in the Dakar region.
55% of Senegalese are under 20 years.
ASEPEX. The Senegalese Agency for
Export
Promotion is an integrated platform of export services for companies and their
associations.
SODEFITEX (Development Society of Textile Fibers) was created March
15, 1974 as an public company. On November 13, 2003, it has been privatized, has
increased its capital from 750 million to three billion CFA francs, and became
the SOCIETY and DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE FIBERS.
Sonatel Group provides comprehensive
telecommunications solutions
in the areas of fixed, mobile, Internet, television and data services to
individuals and businesses. Leader in Senegal and Mali since 2002, Sonatel is a
global and sub-regional reference.
Group SUNEOR. Is the first food company in Senegal. The company's
activities are based on 2 operating divisions:
1. Manufacturing and
marketing of food products
2. Groundnut sector in Senegal
Senegal is member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union UEMOA,
Economic Community of African States (ECOWAS), Community of Sahel-Saharan States
(CEN-SAD), the African Union, NEPAD, World Bank, International Monetary Fund,
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), United Nations, ECA UN economic
Commission for Africa, WTO, African Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank,
International Organization of Francophonie, Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC)
Senegal has preferential access:
- In the European market (EU / ACP Lome Cotonou Agreement). Is beneficiary of
EU Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).
- In the U.S. market (Act Growth and Opportunity in Africa (AGOA)..
Business, Senegal, foreign, Trade, Senegalese, Economy, Exports, Doing business, Dakar, Imports, Investment FDI, Customs. Agribusiness, New Technologies, tourism, textile, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Mining, Master, international business
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