Improving the business environment is Senegal’s goal. The country is already among the 10 most competitive in sub Saharan Africa. <br /><br />With political stability, Senegal expects a growth rate of seven percent by 2017. It has set an ambitious goal: a top 10 ranking in Doing Business in Africa 2015. <br /><br />Last year, the authorities launched a vast programme of reforms for the competitive business environment.<br /><br />Euronews correspondent Serge Rombi reports from Dakar on some of those reforms: “Since last year here in Senegal, the main administrative procedures within a company are now carried out entirely paper-free.”<br /><br />The first important point is on cross-border trade. According to the latest report on competitiveness in Africa, the costs of moving and transporting containers at the port of Dakar have been reduced by 25 percent. <br /><br />For the authorities, that is because the time to import and export is now a maximum of nine days.<br /><br />“Today in Senegal, there are no more paper documents when going through
