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Can Senegal turn its billion-dollar oil boom into prosperity?

Oil rig. Photo by Saul Bandera Brotheridge @ Pexels
Offshore oil rig. Photo by Saul Bandera Brotheridge @ Pexels

Alhousseiny Djigo

Alhousseiny Djigo is an experienced financial journalist based in Dakar.
  • Senegal’s first oil cargoes generated $1.26bn in sales
  • Tax dispute with Woodside tests Dakar’s resource strategy

 

DAKAR, SENEGAL – Senegal’s emergence as an oil producer has delivered $1.26bn in sales, but the harder question is how much of the windfall the country will keep.

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