On Wednesday 18 February last year, the Prime Minister Senegalese Ousmane Sonko underlined the strategic importance of the sector skins and leathers in the Special Investment and Financing Plan (2026-2028). The objective is to strengthen industrial sovereignty and improve the living conditions of populations.

The Prime Minister Senegalese Ousmane Sonko said that more than 70% of Senegalese skin is exported raw and the local processing rate is less than 5%. He has deplored this loss of added value in favor of informal circuits, despite a high potential resulting from national breeding. According to the information, the The government is counting on the creation of more than 130,000 formal jobs and a turnover of 1.549 billion FCFA (about 2.80 billion dollars) by 2034