Senegal Economic Forum in Canada is:

3rd edition

350 participants

156 B2B meetings

4 official delegations

After the first two editions, which have been very successful both in terms of level of participation and spin-offs, the Economic Office of the Embassy of Senegal in Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Council on Africa is pleased to invite you to the third edition of the Economic Forum From Senegal to Canada, scheduled for the 12^th  and 13^th  May 2017 in Montreal.

Placed under the theme: “Investment Opportunities for Canadian Businesses in Senegal”, this year’s edition aims to highlight the attractiveness of Senegal’s business climate in order to place our country at the heart of preferred destinations for Canadian investment.

Through us, several agreements have been signed between the Senegalese agency for the promotion of exports and Canadian structures, facilitating access to the Canadian market for Senegalese companies specializing in the export of products as well as personalized support for a one year period and the training of Senegalese trainers.

Results: Senegal’s annual exports to Canada increased from 1.3 in 2013 to $ 8.5 million in 2015 and our ambition is to multiply this figure by two in 2017.

The presence of Canadian investors in Senegal is steadily increasing with several trade missions conducted by the Chief of the Economic Office each year, the most recent of which this past October 2016 with thirteen Canadian companies.

This year’s theme is: Investment Opportunities for Canadian Businesses in Senegal. This forum will provide a networking opportunity for the third consecutive year between the public and private sectors in Canada to explore business opportunities in Senegal.

With the discovery of oil and gas off the coast of Senegal (Dakar and Saint-Louis), it is important to train Senegalese youth in the oil and gas trades so that they can seize these opportunities by 2019 and we want to build on Canadian expertise in this area.

We are confident that Canadian companies have the capacity to deliver their expertise in targeted areas such as: vocational training, agriculture, mining, energy, services, processing, etc.

As a reminder:

A double taxation agreement between Canada and Senegal has been in force since 2003. The two countries also signed an air transport agreement during Prime Minister Harper’s visit to Dakar in 2012. In addition, an agreement on the promotion and Foreign Investment Protection (FIPA) was signed in November 2014 in Dakar, on the sidelines of the Summit of La Francophonie, by Minister Paradis and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal.

This third edition of the Senegal Economic Forum in Canada will focus on the business opportunities to be captured in the context of the emerging Senegal Plan.

A strong delegation from Senegal, led by Minister Khoudia MBAYE and composed of ministers, directors-general and several private sector players from Senegal, will be traveling to Montreal to attend this event, which is successful year after year, take full advantage of being part of all the trade events in Canada.