Mauritania: Status grows as investment focus


Issue 375 - 31 Aug 2018 | 3 minute read

Ahead of becoming a gas exporter, and with increasing western and multilateral funds being targeted on the strategically sensitive Sahel region, Mauritania is attracting increasing business interest. The World Bank Group (WBG) has been advising Senegal and Mauritania on the transition to gas production and has made new commitments to social and economic developments and private sector growth. Oil major BP has bought into the Grand Tortue/Ahmeyim gasfield complex on the Mauritania-Senegal maritime border, in partnership with Kosmos Energy.

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