Pathé DIONE, Chairman and CEO of SUNU GROUP “There is no need for new reforms; what we need are limitation rules and improvement of rates” Pathé Dione, Chairman and CEO of SUNU Group analyzes the contribution of insurance companies in raising f...

The WAEMU area remains one of the most dynamic economic zones in Africa with an estimated average growth rate of 6.3% over the 2017-2019 period, higher than the average of the other countries on the continent (3.1% in 2017, 3.3% in 2018 and 3.2% in 2...

Driven in particular by the agricultural sector, the extractive industry and trade, Togo recorded strong growth of 5.3% in 2019, against 4.9% in 2018, without inflationary pressure, with an estimated inflation rate of 0.7%. Togo owes this performance...

Senegal is the second largest economy in the WAEMU zone after Côte d’Ivoire. The Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE) initiated in 2014 to transform the country into an emerging economy by 2035, plays a major role in accelerating economic growth. Thanks...

Niger, the world’s fourth largest uranium producer, was ranked 131st among 190 countries in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report, an increase of eleven (11) places compared to the previous year when the country was ranked 143rd. The ref...

One of the top five cotton and gold producing countries in Africa, Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa and the second largest state in West Africa. It is characterised by the extreme youth of its population, with almost half (48.8%) of the Ma...

Guinea-Bissau, the only Portuguese-speaking country in the UEMOA zone, covers an area of 36,125 km² with a population of 1,604,561. The country’s economy is highly dependent on the political climate, the performance of the cashew sector and for...

Côte d’Ivoire has maintained a good economic dynamic in 2019. It recorded real GDP growth of 6.9% for 2019. This performance makes it the leading economy in the WAEMU. Moreover, the Ivorian economy remains one of the most dynamic economies in S...

Burkina Faso, literally the “Country of honest people”, has experienced dynamic and regular economic growth since the slowdown recorded in 2015. Economic growth accelerated in 2016 thanks to the political normalization, favorable rainfall...

Over the period 2017-2019, cotton production increased by 13.4%, i.e. a record production of 678,000.3 tonnes achieved during the 2018-2019 crop year compared to 597,573.2 tonnes during the 2017-2018 crop year. This performance has enabled Benin to b...