The
U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo is on an official visit to Senegal
accompanied by the minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation. Mr. Pompeo
opened his agenda with a round table with members of the Senegalese and
American private sectors, with a round table that closed with the signing of
five memoranda of understanding.
“We
have just signed memorandum of understanding between American companies,
agencies and state-owned companies as well as the government of Senegal for the
financing, development and execution of different projects in several sectors,”
said the minister, Amadou Hott.
For
the energy sector, the director general of Senelec initialed an agreement with
the American GE. Among the agreements include the development of a new 300 MW
power plant. An agreement was signed with Weldy Lamont as part of an access to
electrification project.
Fonsis
initialed a memorandum of understanding with GE for a project to raise the
medical plateau in our hospitals, while the Ministry of Economy, Cooperation
and Planning has also signed an agreement with ABD Group. The objectives
included the development of social infrastructure such as social housing.
“What
we also discussed with the secretary of state is to push American companies,
which produce in other countries, to relocate to Senegal, to produce from
Senegal and to export, to serve the Senegalese market. And all this in
partnership with the national private sector,” he adds.
For
his part, the American secretary of state, Mike Pompeo declared that the
signing of those agreements remains a very important stage of the trip to
Senegal.
“It
is important to talk about the private sector, because it is the private sector
that is the engine of economic growth. It is important for the USA and for the
Senegalese people. Not only will this bring value to Senegal, it will also be
positive for these American companies,” said Mike Pompeo.
Author:
Seneweb News - Seneweb.com
