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Interview with Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westerwelle
SenGermany: Mr. Westerwelle, the US President just paid a visit to Germany and will visit Senegal from 26 to 28 June. His two predecessors, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, had before him likewise visited Senegal. Hence, Senegal is the only West African country which was visited by all three latest US Presidents. What does this trust of the United States in Senegal tell you?
Interview with Mr. Alassane Diallo
Director-General of the Chemical Group ICS (Industries Chimiques du Sénégal)
SenGermany: Mr. Diallo, when were you appointed as Director-General of ICS?
Alassane Diallo : Since July 2006.
SenGermany: How was it possible for you to bring the ICS group, which had been declared insolvent in 2006, back into the profit zone?
Alassane Diallo:
The ICS reorganization primarily implied a cooperation, which would not have been possible without State support and the assistance given by other partners. We concentrated on the essential goals, such as the settlement of numerous disputes, the resumption of production, and of course the financial restructuring and approval of the succession agreement.
The German-Senegalese Economic Summit of 8 November 2013 is well on track
Senegal's Ambassador Henri Antoine Turpin met State Secretary Dr. Günther Horzetzky in the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Economic Affairs on 27 May 2013
The persons participating in the meeting of 27 May 2013 were Mrs. Sonja Wanke from the Ministry of Economic Affairs NRW, Robert Butschen from the Foreign Trade Department of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Düsseldorf, Friedrich Garenfeld from Garenfeld Consulting, Dr.-Ing. Aliou Dieng, Chairman of the Board of SenGermany and Ibrahim Guèye, Project Manager.
Hospitality around the world: Senegal is number 6
The latest report of the World Economic Forum of March 2013 assessed 140 countries in the light of their hospitality towards tourists. In the assessment Table Germany takes the 83rd place, and Senegal ranks on place 6.
In Senegal hospitality means „Teranga“. In that country even lions are hospitable, as the national football team of Senegal is called „The Lions of Teranga“ and even takes the lead in Group J of the African teams in the qualifying matches for the Football World Cup 2014, which will take place in Brazil.
Foundation of SenGermany e.V.
SenGermany means "Senegal in Germany" and represents an Association of experts (engineers and economists) of Senegalese origin, who wish to contribute to the economic relations between Germany and Senegal. On 17 November 2012 the Association was established by ten experts in Frankfurt am Main, along with the election of a management board and a supervisory board. On that occasion the annual program 2013 was discussed, a catalogue of measures was proposed, and the first foundation for the Association's activities was laid. Hence, a German-Senegalese Business Summit will be the event of the year in Düsseldorf in October 2013.