Abdoulaye KARAMOKO, Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager at Enko Capital Management Based in London since 2014, Abdoulaye is a Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager at Enko Capital Management, an Africa-focused investment fund with offices in London, ...

Jean-François BROU, Managing Director of SOAGA “Mobilizing financial resources in the Union, requires an innovation strategy to create new competitive advantages and real added value for investors and for the economy of our region.” &nbsp...

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...