This morning, the Head of State visited the Adéane Agro-Industrial Park, a major infrastructure of the Agropole South project, which gives concrete expression to his vision of improving the investment climate in its physical, productive, and territorial dimensions.
Through this park, the State is establishing a structured, secure, and functional environment designed to enable businesses to set up, grow, and create added value in close proximity to production areas. The President of the Republic called on economic stakeholders to fully seize this opportunity, harness the available agricultural and industrial potential, and actively contribute to the sustainable economic and social development of Casamance.
This initiative is part of a clear and deliberate vision: to make the local processing of agricultural products a driver of economic sovereignty, job creation, and shared prosperity, in line with the guidelines of Senegal Vision 2050.
The expected impacts are significant. The Agropole South project aims to achieve a processing rate of 60%, create more than 14,500 direct jobs and approximately 35,000 indirect jobs, and mobilize CFAF 125 billion in private investment, for the benefit of young people, women, and local producers.
On this occasion, the President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, announced the allocation of an additional CFAF 41 billion in the 2026 Finance Law in support of Agropole South, with a view to accelerating the project’s scaling-up and maximizing its economic and social returns.
Through this decision, the Head of State reaffirms his leadership and determination to build a productive, inclusive, and territorially grounded economy, in which the State sets the framework, the private sector invests, and the population directly benefits from the fruits of growth.
Agropole South thus stands out as a structuring model for economic transformation, intended to be extended and replicated in other regions of Senegal.
