World Bank Projects Impressive Growth For Senegal In 2023
January 15th, 2023
Via Quartz, an article noting that – while the World Bank projects growth in most African nations such as Senegal – critical economies like Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya will record a slump The World Bank projects an impressive 2023 for Senegal’s economy, thanks to a thriving oil and gas industry. “After slowing to 4.8% […]
Read more »Africa in 2023: Can The Continent Outrun Global Headwinds?
January 6th, 2023
Via African Business, a look at Africa’s economic prospects for 2023 – a year in which many of Africa’s major economies will suffer from the ongoing impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war and food price inflation, but experts say that Senegal and Kenya offer cause for optimism: With Africa facing the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine War, runaway […]
Read more »Why Senegal Is on Global Fashion’s Radar
November 7th, 2022
Via Business of Fashion, an article on how Dakar’s reputation as a regional fashion hub has persuaded brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss to expand to the capital of the West African nation as it upgrades its retail infrastructure: Though Senegal is not in the same league as African markets like Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya […]
Read more »Senegal: Not Giving Up On Oil and Gas
October 17th, 2022
Via Oil & Gas Daily, a report on Senegal’s petroleum ambitions: The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis, where Senegal meets Mauritania. It has been hailed as a new economic beginning in developing Africa, and condemned as a new source of pollution in a world […]
Read more »Francophone Africa’s First Unicorn Is Disrupting The Region’s Mobile Money Market
September 7th, 2022
Courtesy of Rest of World, an article on how Wave’s rise has burst open the mobile money landscape in Senegal by fueling competition with existing players: From the confines of a light-blue shipping container next to a busy roundabout, Ousmane Fall runs a modest business transferring money across Senegal, with little more than his smartphone. A […]
Read more »Ride-Hailing Apps Arrive In Senegal
September 2nd, 2022
Via Quartz Africa, a report on the arrival of ride-hailing apps in Senegal: The old yellow cabs that whizz around Senegal’s capital city of Dakar are hard to miss. Beckoning at oncoming traffic, passengers compete on street corners to secure themselves a ride. Unlike many other African countries, ride-hailing apps are not yet common in […]
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