On the morning of Thursday, January 12, 2023, the Franco-Senegalese Pathé Dione, founder of SUNU, died in Paris as a result of an illness.

An essential figure in African finance, Pathé Dione, aged 81, is a monument of African insurance. A few months ago, he acquired the major subsidiary BNP Paribas. The Senegalese founder and entrepreneur is a committed fighter against economic pan-Africanism who has succeeded and accumulated more than fifty years at the head of this large insurance group that he created brick by brick.

Pathé Dione left behind a fabulous saga that he wrote alongside other African insurance icons. According to information, his body is expected shortly in the Senegalese capital where he will be buried. For this reason, President Macky SALL intends to pay him a warm tribute before his burial for the services rendered to his country and to the African continent.