Economy : Soon the 6th edition of the WAEMU Banking and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Fair

Cotonou will host in November 2020, the 6th edition of the Exhibition of Banks and Small and Medium Enterprises (PME) of the West African Economic Monetary Union (UEMOA). According to a press release, it will take place from 5 at 8 November 2020 in person,  semi-face-to-face and online. The same source informs that this show will take place around the theme “Intracommunity Trade and Competitiveness of SMEs in UEMOA, in a context of security and health crises (COVID 19)”.

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The moment will be used so that SMEs and their partners can contact each other and infuse themselves with the best experiences likely to be for them., innovative solutions adaptable to this context, to participate in discussions on strategies to better integrate into the economy, to strengthen their capacities to be competitive in a free trade context and to participate in the revitalization of UEMOA SMEs.

So, in view of the coronavirus context, Small and Medium Enterprises are the pioneers capable of revitalizing economic growth within UEMOA and bringing about social change. This is thanks to their role in the development and diffusion of innovations.

Created on 10 January 1994, UEMOA is a West African organization whose mission is to achieve the economic integration of member states., through strengthening the competitiveness of economic activities within the framework of an open and competitive market and a rationalized and harmonized legal environment. Eight states make up UEMOA, to know : The Benin, the Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, The Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.