According to the Secretary General (Sg) of Crepmf, thirteen (13) emission operations were carried out during the first half of 2020 and allowed: collect more than 550 billion FCFA. Ripert Eudes BOSSOUKPE, who participated in the webinar organized by Sonatel as part of the presentation of its 100 billion operation on the regional financial market, added immediately that Five (5) additional transactions had been authorized, including that of SONATEL, and should make it possible to collect an additional amount of 200 billion.

“I would like to commit ourselves to surpassing the exceptional performances of 1 620 billion observed last year, in view of the needs of our economies, estimates For the public sector alone, it costs more than 5 trillion CFA francs,” Mr. BOSSOUKPE also said. Which explains that, in terms of approvals, CREPMF has issued ten new approvals to approved actors and withdrawn two.

Also, he says, at the secondary market level, we note overall that the stock prices of listed companies have not been as impacted as in D& #39; other jurisdictions.

Furthermore, it indicates that the broadcast of SONATEL was authorized, in home consultation, less than ten (10) days after the application file for visa has become full. Thus, it reveals that the regulator has shown that, in reality, the processing times for applications can be greatly reduced and files submitted diligently to the authorities as long as two conditions are met: the issuer has a financial communication policy that meets regulatory requirements and the documents required to obtain the visa are diligently transmitted to the teams of the General Secretariat. Real.

According to him, it is currently the largest bond issue from a private sector issuer. This amount, acknowledges the Sg of Crepmf, is even higher than that of some government bonds issued recently on the market and that means that in the last few months, things have begun to change.

“We encourage that, like SONATEL, large public, parapublic and private companies in our countries operating in various sectors of activity particularly the energy infrastructure, water and port infrastructure sectors, as well as our SMEs, can use this instrument for their long-term projects, in addition to the banking sector”, finally declares Mr Bossoukpe.