Author: Félix NZALÉ

By a decision rendered by default and in first instance, the commercial court of Dakar has condemned the Establishment Modou Mbacké MAR SUARL to pay BOA Senegal SA the sum of 84 million FCFA as the principal amount of the debt, as well as legal interests from June 5, 2025, the date of notification of...

The Commercial Court of Dakar rejected, on July 21, 2026, the opposition filed by Secotras SUARL against a payment injunction order obtained by the Islamic Bank of Senegal (BIS S.A.). The court thus confirmed the company’s condemnation to pay 143,455,269 FCFA, plus legal interest from the notification date of November 10, 2025. In this case...

The Commercial Court of Dakar has condemned Carrefour Automobile and its director, Amadou Ba, to pay NSIA Bank Senegal the sum of 289,983,859 FCFA, plus legal interest from April 9, 2021. Deciding publicly, contradictorily, in commercial matters and in first instance, the jurisdiction rejected Carrefour Automobile and Amadou Ba’s request to cancel the judicial expertise...

The outcome of the trial between Albourakh Business Group SUARL and Sunutech SUARL was favorable to the former. Ruling as the first and final instance, the Commercial Court of Dakar ordered Sunutech SUARL to pay 190 million CFA francs as the principal amount, plus legal interests from the date of the judgment, as well as...

The Commercial Court of Dakar ruled in favor of PATISEN SA in the commercial dispute against ASCOMA Senegal. In the first instance, the court declared the action admissible before dismissing ASCOMA Senegal of all its claims, deemed unfounded. The court also approved the report of the chartered accountant Missigbeto Kouassi S.E. Lisette, on which it...

Alios Finance Senegal SA has won its case in the dispute with the company BATI CONCEPT SA and its director, Cheikh Tidiane Sy. In a decision rendered on July 6, 2026, the competent commercial court in Dakar ordered both defendants to jointly pay 56,694,277 CFA francs as the principal amount, as well as 3 million...

The dispute between the company Plus Oil, led by Cheikh Tidiane Diaw, and the Sahelo-Saharan Bank for Investment and Trade (BSIC) has turned in favor of the latter. Indeed, by a judgment rendered this Wednesday, July 1, in first instance, the commercial court of Dakar jointly condemned the defendants to pay the bank the sum...

The Commercial Court of Dakar orders Industry for Packing and Construction to pay nearly 29 million CFA francs to the insurer, sanctioning its “abusive resistance”. The debates were heated between the lawyers of both parties, but in the end it was the lawyers of SONAM General Insurance (SCP Sembene, Diouf & Ndione) who prevailed. Following...

In Dakar, the competent commercial court ruled in favor of BSIC Senegal SA in the dispute with MACH INTER SARL and its manager, Mamadou Racine Cheikh Ka. The court ordered both defendants to jointly pay the bank the sum of 56,018,847 FCFA, corresponding to the principal of the debt, plus interest from October 2, 2024....

The Commercial Court of Dakar ruled in favor of the West African Leasing Company, better known as LOCAFRIQUE SA, in the dispute with the Commercial Company Serigne Touba SUARL (CCST Senegal). The commercial court ordered CCST Senegal to pay the financial institution the sum of 96.214 million FCFA, corresponding to the principal of its debt....

Orabank Ivory Coast SA has forced the company Les Experts du Bâtiment (EXBAT SUARL) and its director, Ngagne Mbaye, to yield. In its decision, the commercial court of Dakar has indeed condemned the two defendants jointly to pay the bank the sum of 265,711,163 FCFA in principal, plus legal interest from March 4, 2025, as...

The Commercial Court of Dakar ruled in favor of the real estate company SCI NSAR in the dispute with the company Polyethylene Senegal SARL, a company specialized in plastic transformation and the production of films, bags, and industrial packaging. At the heart of the dispute was a debt that SCI NSAR was seeking to recover. To protect its rights, the real estate company had obtained a conservatory mortgage on a property owned by its presumed debtor, pending a decision on the merits. In its judgment rendered on June 3, 2026, the court declared the action admissible before ruling in favor…

The Commercial Court of Dakar rendered its decision in favor of Banque OUTARDE in the dispute with the Société de Recherche et Développement des Mines, better known as SORED Mines S.A., on Wednesday, May 20. As a result, the latter was ordered to pay nearly 52 million CFA francs to the bank. This specifically amounts...

The National Cell for Financial Information Processing (CENTIF) of Senegal presented its 2025 activity report on Tuesday, May 12, in a context marked by the strengthening of the fight against money laundering, financial fraud, and clandestine circuits. Beyond the numbers, the institution, through its president, Cheikh Mouhamadou Bamba Siby, highlights a strategic issue, namely the...

The Commercial Court has rendered its decision in the dispute between Société Générale des Transports (SOGETRANS SAU), represented by SCPA Ba and Omais, and Banque Atlantique Sénégal SA and several other parties. A decision that marks a new turning point in this financial case followed for several years in the Senegalese economic and banking circles....

The commercial court put an end, this Thursday, April 23, and in the first instance, to a financial standoff between LOCAFRIQUE SA and Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC FUND SA). An affair that finds its origin in a contractual relationship around the financing of economic activities, and which ultimately played out in the judicial arena. At...

The High Court of Commerce in Dakar has rendered its decision in a dispute between the company JAPOO S.A. and La Banque Agricole. At the heart of the matter was a financial commitment made by the company to the bank. Contesting a decision related to the repayment of this debt, JAPOO S.A., a company specializing...

The commercial court settled the dispute between Dakarois Communication Company and the Autonomous Port of Dakar, in a case centered on the termination of a partnership contract. The discussions highlighted a deep disagreement on the conditions of their collaboration termination. Dakarois Communication, specialized in institutional communication among other things, argued that the termination was abrupt...

In a commercial dispute between Microsen S.A. and Scdispa SUARL and its director Alioune Ndiaye, the court ruled in favor of the microfinance institution. In its decision dated March 26, 2026, the court jointly condemned the company and its guarantor to settle a debt of 52,846,900 FCFA, plus legal interest from July 24, 2025, as...

In Dakar, the competent commercial jurisdiction deemed the action brought by Orabank Côte d’Ivoire against Société Générale d’Entreprise SA “inadmissible”, while declaring itself incompetent to rule on the counterclaim due to a jurisdictional clause. In its reasoning, the jurisdiction considered that the action brought by the bank did not meet the admissibility conditions provided for...

The Commercial Court of Dakar ruled on the dispute between the company R+ Design SARL and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), in a decision rendered at first instance and following a contradictory procedure. In its decision, the court declared admissible the action brought by R+ Design and condemned the CDC to pay the...

The Senegalese commercial court ruled in favor of the Alliance de Crédit et d’Épargne pour la Production (ACEP) in the dispute against businessman Jean Serge Hounkalim Dossou in the first instance. According to the decision, Dossou was ordered to pay 662.5 million CFA francs as the principal amount, plus legal interests accruing from November 4,...

The commercial court of Dakar has condemned the Union of Mutuals for Partnership for the Mobilization of Savings and Credit in Senegal (PAMECAS) to pay over 326 million CFA to the Serigne Touba Automobile Commercial Company SUARL (CCSTA), in a dispute between the microfinance institution and the specialized automobile trading company. CCSTA had indeed taken...

The Commercial Court of Dakar ruled on Thursday, February 26, in favor of Credit du Senegal SA in the dispute against Senbiscuits SA and its director Said Tarraf Koujock, validating a conservatory mortgage of 500 million FCFA and jointly condemning the defendants to damages. and interests. In its decision, the commercial jurisdiction declared admissible both...

Coris Bank International Senegal (CBI SA) won its case on Wednesday, February 11, in the dispute with Société Africaine Tous Travaux Aménagement et Réalisation (Sattar Btp SA) and its director Mouhamadou Lamine Diop. During the hearing, the dispute centered around an opposition filed by Sattar Btp SA against a claim made by Coris Bank in...

Representatives of Petrosen Trading & Services SA and Allianz Senegal Assurances SA were at the commercial court of Dakar on Friday, February 6, to settle their dispute arising from the execution of an insurance contract between the two companies. The subsidiary of the public group Petrosen (National Oil Company of Senegal) sought the condemnation of...

It is a court decision that illustrates, in many ways, the willingness of the National Bank for Economic Development (BNDE SA) to secure its financial support and enforce guarantee mechanisms in the financing of companies, especially in the agro-industrial sector, a pillar of Senegal’s economic development policy. Indeed, the BNDE obtained a favorable decision from...

Attijariwafa Bank SA group, through its subsidiary CBAO, was in court on Monday, February 2 in front of the Dakar commercial court in a legal confrontation with INGECO SA, a company specializing in engineering, technical studies, and construction project implementation. At the end of the proceedings, INGECO SA was jointly condemned with its director Anna...

The decision was highly anticipated; it was announced this Wednesday, January 28th: the company Global Services Equipment (SGE Sarl) has been ordered to pay Bridge Bank CI nearly 350 million CFA francs in a dispute regarding the non-compliance with financial commitments made by GSE to the bank, which were not honored within the agreed deadlines....

At the opening of the 7th edition of the Financial Afrik Awards on Friday, January 23 in Banjul, Gambian President Adama Barrow made a pressing appeal to financial institutions, especially banks, to become central partners in financing infrastructure in Africa. In a speech marked by “strategic urgency,” he emphasized that the development of resilient partnerships between Africa and the Arab world would necessarily require a concrete and massive financial commitment from the banking sector. The head of state identified banks as key players in realizing projects in the key sectors he listed. He thus invited these institutions to direct their…