On Wednesday, August 14, 2024, a ceremony was held to inaugurate a second branch of the National Bank for Economic Development (BNDE) in Thiès. The objective is to strengthen its network and be closer to customers.

The BNDE aims to “greatly exceed” this number, “in the weeks and months to come”, with the second agency. The ribbon was cut by the director general of the BNDE, Mamadou Faye, who unveiled the plaque for the new branch opened near the roundabout of the Thiès Regional Hospital, in the presence in particular of a deputy mayor of Thiès. According to Faye, the BNDE has “nearly 4,000 customers” in its first branch opened in Thiès, including an “overwhelming majority” of SMEs and SMIs, even if there are Has big companies and individuals in this portfolio. Through the opening of this second branch in the town of Thiès-Ouest, the bank hopes to mark “mark [its] renewal” and contribute to the revival of the country's economic activity, affected by the crisis in Ukraine, the Middle East and