National Private Sector: Dare We Tell Ourselves the Truth? (Abdoulaye Dieng, Entrepreneur)

Abdoulaye Dieng urges Senegalese entrepreneurs to examine their own role in the weaknesses of the private sector, alongside their legitimate calls for financing, national preference and public contracts. Responding to Pierre Atépa Goudiaby’s column defending domestic businesses, he argues that a strong private sector also depends on collective economic choices. He calls for some of the capital generated by trade, services and real estate to be redirected toward industry, local processing and innovation. He also argues that partnerships between Senegalese and foreign investors can support local production, jobs and technology transfer.