Three months before the big international meeting of promoting Mali as a privileged destination of investments and business in sub-Saharan Africa, a mobilization meeting was held this Thursday, September 7 around the President of the Republic at the Koulouba palace.
Through this event, the Head of State of Mali made a point of showing his total commitment to the success of the event. He urged the government, the private sector and the international community as a whole to mobilize around a project that seeks to achieve the initiatives and actions of the State and all the driving forces of the country, to « place the country among the attractive destinations for regional and international investors ».
This is an important event for Mali, said the Minister for the Promotion of Investment and Private Sector Konimba Sidibé. « We live in an extremely difficult situation, one of the solutions of which lies in the development of Mali », he said.
The Director General of the Investment Promotion Agency (API-Mali), Moussa Touré, in his speech, highlighted several indicators that demonstrate entrepreneurial dynamism and improvements in the business climate. These include structural macroeconomic reforms, an attractive investment code, very advantageous tax incentives, and a stable growth rate of 6% on average.
« Changing the narrative of Mali … »
The challenge of this economic and financial meeting on December 7 and 8 is twofold. On one hand, to « change the narrative of Mali » in international public opinion and, on the other hand, to bring together, in a single melting pot, the Malian, African and, more broadly, the international economic community to implement some win-win opportunities.
Mamadou Sinsy Coulibaly, president of Mali’s National Council of Employers (CNPM), and Mamadou Baba Sylla, vice-president of the Mali Chamber of Commerce and Industry, appealed to the Malian private sector and international investors for a massive participation in the forum.
Augustin K. Fodou