Business & Economy of Mali
Terminal building of the Modibo Keita International Airport (BKO) in Bamako.
Image: Open Journalism Network
Business & Economy
Mali depends on gold mining and agricultural exports for revenue. Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger River. About 10% of the country's population is nomadic and about 80% of the labor force is engaged in farming and fishing. Mali is among the
25 poorest countries in the world.
Mali is a country with nearly half of the highly dispersed population living in extreme poverty. Approximately 60 percent of people live in rural areas and most Malians work in agriculture. Economic activity is concentrated near the Niger River and 65% of the total land area is desert or semidesert.
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Central Bank of West African States
(BCEAO)
Central Bank of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali,
Niger, Senegal, and Togo.
Union Économique et Monétaire
Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)
West African Economic and Monetary Union (in French)
IZF.net, le portail de la Zone Franc
CFA
Information about business and investment in the African countries within the
monetary system of the Franc Zone - CFA. (in French)
Banque malienne de solidarité
The Malian housing bank was founded in 1996.
National Federation of
the Craftsmen of Mali
Facebook page of the FNAM, the Fédération nationale des artisans du Mali, an organisation to support craftsmen of Mali.
Companies
Mining
Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold Corporation is a Canadian-based gold mining company that operates two different mines in Western Mali, the
Loulo and
Gounkoto mines.
B2Gold
B2Gold Corporation is a gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The company runs exploration projects in various countries and it operates the
Fekola Mine in Mali.
Compass Gold
Compass Gold Corporation is a Canada-based Gold and diamond mining company operating in Mali.
Resolute Mining
Australia-based
Resolute Mining Limited operates two gold mines, one in Mali and one in Australia.
Roscan Gold
Roscan Gold Corporation is a Canadian gold exploration company operating in West Mali.
WARABA
Canada-based
Waraba Gold Limited is engaged in the acquisition and valuation of gold properties in Canada and Mali.
Cotton
Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile (C.M.D.T.)
CMDT is a semi-public limited company responsible for managing Mali's cotton production sector
Mail
La Poste du Mali
Mali's postal service.
Telecom
Afribone Mali SA
Afribone is an internet service provider in Mali.
Sotelma
Sotelma is a private telecommunications company in Mali based in Bamako.
Directories
D&B Business Directory
Manufacturing Companies in Mali.
Malipages
Mali directory and job portal.
MaliYP
Mali's online business directory.
List of companies of Mali
Wikipedia's list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country.
Transportation
Aéroports du Mali
Aéroports du Mali (ADM) is a state-owned airport operating company of the Republic of Mali with its headquarters in the capital Bamako.
Dakar–Niger Railway
The only railroad in Mali is the
Dakar–Niger Railway, which connects Mali's capital Bamako with Dakar, the capital of Senegal and home to the Autonomous Port of Dakar. In October 2003, Senegal and Mali privatized the railway.
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Boats, people and goods in the harbor and at the market in Mopti on the banks of the Niger.
Image: Erwin Bolwidt