Lompoul : Quand le désespoir interroge et s'interroge (par Mamadou Ibrahima FALL)
The tragedy at Lompoul (the sinking of a migrant boat), which occurred between Friday, November 6th and Saturday, November 7th, 2026, has once again plunged our country into mourning. We wish to express our condolences, solidarity, and compassion to the grieving families, and we bow in respect for their memory. But beyond the emotion surrounding this latest tragedy, every Senegalese citizen is called upon to act, and every state institution must formulate a response, one or more, within its mandate.
Indeed, the tragedy of Lompoul, which occurred on the night of the 6th to the 7th, marked by the tragic shipwreck of a pirogue of clandestine migrants which caused at least 34 deaths, has cruelly brought back into focus the despair of a segment of Senegalese youth in the face of the lack of local opportunities.
In response to the scourge of irregular migration, state institutions must mobilize to offer viable economic alternatives. Every public or semi-public entity must ask itself: what can we offer these courageous young people so that they can rely on the talent, ambition, effort, will, and resilience to build a promising future?
From ADEPME to APROSI, from APIX to BNSTP-Senegal, via FONGIP, DER or FONSIS, in a synergistic approach, we must articulate new forms of response.
Think in order to act.
Through the National Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange of Senegal (BNSTP-S), placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the time has come to position itself as a strategic lever for retaining and developing young entrepreneurs, with two dimensions at the heart: endogenization and territorialization.
To endogenize the Senegalese entrepreneurial and industrial ecosystem and to territorialize it.
Our strategy must define, beyond the traditional mandate, distinctive competencies (we will return to this in another context). BNSTP-Senegal must now strengthen its strategy, which will be structured around several fundamental pillars:
*1. Direct access for young and women entrepreneurs to public and private procurement*
*2. The Local Content Mechanism*
*3. Capacity building (Training and Mentoring)*
*4. Promotion of quality "Local Consumption" and economic sovereignty*
*5. The National Charter for Subcontracting / Youth and the Youth-Women Fund* dedicated to strengthening the production units of young entrepreneurs, with the provision of modern equipment and the transfer of technologies applied to industry, particularly in the agri-food, cosmetics, fashion, and textile sectors.
*6. Develop and digitize the directory of entrepreneurs in the so-called informal sector*, composed mainly of young people affected by migration. This digital platform will be useful for tracking, evaluating, and mobilizing innovative financing for the benefit of young people.
Faced with the social emergency illustrated by the tragedy in Lompoul, BNSTP Senegal's action aims to transform subcontracting into a powerful tool for economic integration, offering a concrete and sustainable alternative to the perils of the ocean, the challenges of employment, youth empowerment, and the issues related to the lack of access to financing for their projects as agricultural, industrial, commercial, or other entrepreneurs.
In the face of despair, hope remains the only answer.
Mamadou Ibrahima FALL, known as MIF, Economic Diplomacy Advisor, International Negotiator*
Commentaires (14)
LAYYYY LAYYYY
MAIS OU EST CE QUIL A PRIS CES LUNETTES????
Un vrai coureur de jupon.
Mais face à des intellectuels et médias africains qui ne veulent jamais aborder le sujet dans sa vraie nature, préférant en faire une arme politique, ce qui se passe ne sera jamais compris par les africains. Pire, puisque l'Occident ne veut même pas que son besoin ci soit compris (égocentrisme), des intellectuels africains sont entrain de l'y aider. Consciemment ou inconsciemment.
Wade avait compris, et était opposé à cette façon d'émigrer. Madiambal Diagne, qui était payé pour s'opposer systématiquement à toute position de Wade, défendait la migration par pirogues. Juste pour faire le contraire de Wade. Sa justification ? La cause c'est la misère emmenée par le pouvoir de Wade. Il osa même titrer, à la une de son Quotidien:
"Mieux vaut une fin atroce qu'une atrocités sans fin ".
C'est à dire: "Mieux vaut aller mourir en mer que de vivre sous le règne de Wade ". Aujourd'hui, face aux naufrages de ceux qui continuent de suivre ses sinistres conseils, Madiambal garde le silence.
NB: J'ai suivi les opinions de certains sénégalais que j'ai trouvé trop plongés dans le satanisme. A tel point que je n'ai jamais cru à une bonne fin pour eux. C'est peut être un plis religieux chez moi.
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