• “We’re dedicated to the economic system”, Idrissa Nassa
• “Extra alternatives for the AES”, Mahamadi Savadogo, president of the CCI-BF
• Burkinabè Funding Group (ABI): “We provide high quality, made in Burkina”
La 7e version of the Africa Worldwide Growth Discussion board (FIAD 2024) opened on June 27, 2024, in Casablanca, Morocco. Greater than 30,000 corporations, firm leaders and buyers gathered for 2 days across the theme “Right here, we make investments”. There are 11 host nations and a robust delegation from the African Continental Free Commerce Space (Zlecaf) as visitor stars. Burkina Faso shouldn’t be omitted. In addition to representatives of the Burkina Chamber of Commerce and Trade (Mahamadi Savadogo), employers (Idrissa Nassa), Director Common of the Burkinabè Funding Company (DG Consultant), heads of personal corporations. Delegation led by Madeleine Dieng, Director of the Burkina Faso Department of CBAO, member of the Attijariwafa financial institution Group. L’Economiste du Faso held his microphone out to a few of them. Learn as a substitute.
Jean-Marie Toe: Director of ACIT
Our firm is a civil engineering design workplace and in addition a laboratory. As a part of our operations, we feature out management inspections for street infrastructure works, buildings and irrigation constructions, plane pavements and we additionally present coaching. Since we even have a laboratory, we’re concerned in the whole lot associated to materials high quality management, implementation, soil inspections, and so forth. And ACIT has been licensed as 9SO 2001 model 2015, from March 25, 2024, and our want specifically for our laboratory is to have ISO 2001 027 accreditation which is a certificates for laboratories.
Our expectations, particularly for the whole lot associated to our laboratory actions, we’ve suppliers of laboratory tools which are primarily in France and with the state of affairs we’re going by way of, it’s tougher to offer ourselves on this nation and we’re right here in Morocco to seek out new alternatives to proceed working and this chance given by the FIAD will assist us to unravel it this case. I’ve already met with Ivorian, Senegalese, Moroccan and Tunisian companions to unravel the problem of kit for our laboratory.
Any expectations or requests from CBAO, the financial institution that helps you?
Above all, it’s about listening to us way more. I acknowledge that it supported us throughout 2018 to 2022. For a few of our initiatives in danger areas, the financial institution delayed to help us, however in the long run, it returned to raised emotions and we hope that the connection will enhance.
Idrissa Nassa, president of employers
“We’re in Casablanca to attend the Discussion board organized by Attijariwafa. It brings collectively a number of businessmen and establishments. The purpose of our presence is to promote Burkina Faso and ensure that buyers are extra conscious of the state of affairs in Burkina Faso, as a result of some media are likely to scare individuals and scare individuals -investors to come back and spend money on Burkina. So we’ll attempt to convey the correct message and the correct model to reassure those who Burkina is a rustic wherein we will nonetheless make investments and that regardless of the disaster, Burkina is a a rustic that’s doing properly and that the nation’s authorities are open to help buyers. who wish to spend money on Burkina. Now we have a really enticing Funding Code and we’ve a really beneficiant basement capability. Our aim is subsequently to current Burkina higher, to draw future buyers, who will create jobs for younger individuals and enterprise alternatives for our SMEs, guaranteeing that the economic system stays dynamic, as a result of within the disaster state of affairs we’re in, we even have an financial battle that we’ve to pay and we’re forward of the economic system. We’re ensuring economically, that the nation will stand on its toes and that we will proceed to create jobs and enhance our economic system.
The theme of this discussion board is “Right here, we make investments”, what do employers supply right here in Casablanca?
Employers have the whole lot to supply. Right here in Africa, we make investments, so we make buyers perceive that if there’s a zone the place we should make investments at the moment, it’s the AES zone, as a result of that we’re an space the place many conventional buyers are leaving, in order that they depart good alternatives and we wish Africans to come back and spend money on us and even others, those that are welcome to honor our sovereignty and honor with us as a substitute of those that are prone to depart.
Mahamadi Savadogo, president of the CCI-BF
“ this discussion board is in its 7e version and the CCI-BF has at all times been invited by the Attijariwafa Group, by way of theiraaaa Nation Throughout this discussion board, CBAO Burkina Faso not solely invitations presidents of establishments, but in addition entrepreneurs to take part. Since it’s a group of a number of nations, because of this all these nations will come along with their enterprise leaders and enterprise individuals to attach not solely between companies, however extra. Within the morning, we have been along with the co-presidents of the Chambers of Commerce of Niger, Senegal, Benin and the sub-region and we mentioned widespread pursuits as an establishment. Additionally, as enterprise leaders, we’ve partnerships to ascertain with different enterprise leaders who discover themselves right here in Morocco. That is the purpose of this discussion board.
Does the creation of the AES open up extra alternatives for you?
Actually, as , the AES affords openness and these three nations will turn into one zone. If earlier than, these nations have been thought-about, as soon as they’re united, they’re even stronger and we as enterprise leaders, we have been established in these two nations and with the AES, that is solely a ‘ strengthen our ties.
With the CBAO, we had a working session with the pinnacle of the West African division of the group and the agenda was to strengthen the capacities of the CBAO Burkina financial institution in order that it might take part within the financing of the Burkina economic system, each privately. and public sectors. And we pleaded within the presence of the Director of Burkina Faso, Madeleine Dieng, in order that the financial institution would have way more capability to intervene within the economic system of Burkina Faso, and I believe that our attraction was heard and we’re hope that within the coming days, we’ll see the financial institution taking motion on the bottom.
Steve Phillipe SAVADOGO: Head of the Investor Analysis Division of the Burkinabe Funding Company (ABI)
“It should be mentioned that the participation of the Burkinabe Funding Group within the Discussion board is one thing that’s near our hearts, to the extent that the delegation needed to be led by the Director Common of the Group, and for restrictions robust of the latter. minutes, he needed to cancel his journey. We’re quantity 4e version wherein we take part, we have been even, in 2019, because the host nation, so because of this it’s a Discussion board that now not wants to indicate our consideration. Each time we got here, we had the chance to make connections with very fascinating prospects, with whom we continued to have conversations. We’re nonetheless turning these contacts into efficient buyers.
The primary day, like earlier editions, was an ideal success for me not solely when it comes to group, but in addition when it comes to enterprise conferences, as a result of I talked to individuals who confirmed curiosity within the enterprise surroundings of Burkina Faso, and see how a lot they will. set up themselves in Burkina Faso. We are going to proceed with the identical dynamic, till we’ve as many buyers as doable.
The ABI is Burkina Faso’s exhibition devoted to buyers. What did you supply buyers right here in Casablanca?
Above all, I wish to say that we provide high quality, made in Burkina. Our specialty in Burkina Faso is above all human capital, and we provide this competent human capital and as well as, we provide buyers a regulatory framework for favorable investments . Now we have one of the crucial aggressive funding codes in West Africa, because it was learn once more in 2018 and we’ve a number of help constructions for the non-public sector put in place by the State, to put in and monitor buyers make doable . And within the dynamic view of the Head of State that was expressed lately, the important thing phrase for the time being is endogenous improvement. That’s to say, by basing our improvement on an business that we ourselves will make the most of with the purpose of being much less depending on the skin world and having the ability to dominate our nation certain And the missions of the ABI aimed to mobilize nationwide buyers, but in addition from the sub-region, earlier than going additional, with out forgetting buyers from the diaspora.
Interview performed by ESS
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A phrase from DG CBAO to the delegation
DThroughout this Discussion board, the brand new DG CBAO, Rachid El Bouzidi, met with a delegation of businessmen from Burkina Faso. Towards these businessmen, the person who’s now in control of the financial institution in Dakar wished to be assured about the way forward for the connection between the CBAO and the shoppers.
“I hope you had a great journey, it is a pleasure to welcome you to your nation, it is an ideal honor and satisfaction to have you ever and we’ll by no means thanks for coming, and I hope that for individuals who come for the primary one. as soon as, let it not be the final, and as we at all times say, inshallah. Along with the official a part of the assembly, we wish to be a part of you not solely the place you’re, but in addition within the nations the place your export companions are current, all through the area and in addition in all our nations of origin. You might be on the middle of our considerations each within the senior administration and with all our colleagues,” he mentioned to the dozen Burkinabè entrepreneurs current.
Madeleine Dieng, Director of the CBAO Burkina Faso department, for her half, confirmed that “The Attijariwafa Group and CBAO have robust targets for Burkina. At this time, we’re going to give extra help to Burkinabe entrepreneurs, we’re listening to them and that is the message we wish to convey. At this time, the sanctity of the consumer is one thing concrete for us, and I say that I’m utterly capable of look at the information and see how we will higher help them.”
