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Economic intelligence division

Identifying a market, finding a buyer or a partner, checking access conditions, organising the relationship and following it through to the deal: we connect economic operators, in Senegal and internationally.

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01Our approach

Economic intelligence is an organised process of researching, qualifying, analysing and using economic, commercial, regulatory and institutional information, in compliance with the law and with ethics. Its purpose: to turn information into decisions and actions.

The information cycle

  1. 01

    Collect

    Public information, institutional databases, statistics, tenders, trade fairs, professional networks and feedback from the field.

  2. 02

    Qualify

    Check the source, date, reliability, relevance and legal status of the information.

  3. 03

    Analyse

    Turn data into trends, risks, opportunities and recommendations.

  4. 04

    Share

    Deliver the information to the right decision-maker, at the right time, in a usable format.

  5. 05

    Act

    Trigger prospecting, a business introduction, a negotiation or a representation mission.

03Regional integration and international trade

A trade agreement is more than a legal text. For each product and each market, we use it to answer five questions:

  1. 01Where to sell?
  2. 02On what terms?
  3. 03With what preferences?
  4. 04With what proof?
  5. 05With what constraints?

Agreements and areas we monitor

  • 01

    WAEMU

    West African Economic and Monetary Union

    Customs and monetary union: common external tariff, free movement of originating products, harmonised rules.

  • 02

    ECOWAS

    West African regional market

    Trade Liberalisation Scheme, rules of origin, customs procedures and prospecting in member states.

  • 03

    AfCFTA

    African continental market

    Analysis by product and by market: tariff offers, rules of origin, non-tariff measures, services and investment.

  • 04

    European Union

    Access to the European market

    Applicable duties, rules of origin, standards, sanitary measures and labelling, identification of European buyers.

  • 05

    WTO

    Multilateral framework

    Monitoring of trade policies, tariff and non-tariff measures and notifications: a reference source for verification.

  • 06

    COMESA, SADC, EAC

    Indian Ocean, East and Southern Africa

    Prospecting and monitoring through our partners in the Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania and Mauritius, members of these regional blocs.

Trade agreements and their implementation evolve. Any analysis intended to support a decision is dated and checked against official sources, and we verify that each agreement applies to the product, country, company and period concerned.

04Ethics

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  • 01Priority given to official, verifiable sources.
  • 02Systematic traceability and dating of information.
  • 03Confidentiality of the information our clients entrust to us.
  • 04No espionage, unauthorised access or unlawful collection of any kind.
  • 05Clear distinction between verified fact, analysis, hypothesis and opinion.
  • 06Professional neutrality in our representation missions.
  • 07No guarantee that a contract will be concluded, no excessive promises.
  • 08Zero tolerance for corruption and undue influence.

05Our network

From Dakar, we rely on trusted partners to act wherever your business takes you.

7countries connected from our
Dakar headquarters, with France coming soon.
EQUATORAtlanticIndian OceanSenegalDAKARComorosMORONIMadagascarASA MADAGASCARTanzaniaEAST AFRICAMauritiusINDIAN OCEANCanadaNORTH AMERICAFranceCOMING SOON
  • 01Head officeSenegalDakar
  • 02PartnerComorosMoroni
  • 03PartnerMadagascarASA Madagascar
  • 04PartnerTanzaniaEast Africa
  • 05PartnerMauritiusIndian Ocean
  • 06PartnerCanadaNorth America
  • 07Coming soonFranceEurope

A market to explore, a partner to find, a company to represent: tell us about your project.