Mali: after the sanctions, the private sector pleads for the industrialization of the country

#Mali : The economic and financial sanctions of ECOWAS and UEMOA have seriously impacted the Malian economy, and it is the economic operators who are paying the heavy price.

Indeed, since the taking of economic sanctions once morest Mali, the private sector has worked hard to help the Malian population overcome this difficult ordeal. Some operators even often sold at a loss to satisfy their compatriots.

For the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Mali, Youssouf Bathily, his organization has not yet finished collecting all the data on the impact of the crisis on the Malian economy. He also believes that all Malians must learn from this embargo in order to create strategies for the industrialization of Mali.

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For him, economic operators must create many products that Mali currently imports, such as wheat flour, soybeans, sesame, cotton, gold and many others. For our interlocutors, Mali must create the appropriate conditions to showcase its wealth. They also asked the State to draw up an emergency plan to support the private sector.