Energy · Mining · Industry

Building the future of energy, mining and industry

A Senegalese team of professionals, backed by an international network of experts, serving energy, mining and industry projects in Senegal and across Africa.

Who we are

Proven expertise for strategic projects

A team of professionals with proven expertise in implementing and evaluating projects in the energy, mining and quarrying, and industry sectors.

An engineering community for tailor-made training, capacity building, logistics and specific services in the oil and para-oil sectors (oil, gas), the energies of the future (renewables and hydrogen), industry, mining and quarrying.

Group composition

A dynamic and diverse team: economists, financiers, engineers, environmental specialists, lawyers and technical-commercial experts from the maritime, oil & gas, mining and quarrying sectors. Structured as a network of senior collaborators, it draws on many years of local and international experience.

The group’s added value

  • A 100% Senegalese company, connected to a network of international partners and collaborators.
  • Sustainable development of natural resources.
  • Promotion of local expertise in the countries concerned, including through joint ventures.
  • Promotion of local content; trading, staffing, logistics and transport support.
Our team

Recognised experts, an international network

The group brings together senior specialists in energy, mining, finance and training.

Papa Demba SECK

Managing Director

Financial economist, project management specialist (evaluation of policies and programmes, microfinance, industrial development). International expert-consultant since 1997 (AfDB, UNDP, UNESCO, IFAD, World Bank). Education: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris 5 René Descartes, CERDI.

Issa Diop N'DOYE

Associate Director

Over 30 years of experience in engineering and project development, training, capacity building and local content. Advisor to Oil & Gas companies and coordinator of the Senegalese oil & gas professionals network (GPSOG).

Bernard GROS

Doctor-engineer, process engineering

Polytechnic engineer, former Associate Professor at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III. Led 51 international academic cooperation missions in educational engineering, in close partnership with industry.

Saïd AKRETCHE

Energy expert, former CEO of Naftal (Sonatrach)

Former Director General of Energy at the Algerian ministry, then CEO of Naftal (petroleum products distribution) for over 8 years. Downstream expert: hydrocarbon management and storage, strategy and local content.

Mamadou DIOP

Structured finance expert

Former Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa at ITFC / IsDB Group, having financed major oil operations. Contributed to drafting Senegal’s oil and gas codes (2019). Graduate of ESCP Paris and DESS International Finance (Paris-Dauphine).

Souleye WADE

Doctor-engineer geologist

Doctor in metallogeny, lecturer-researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences (UCAD, Dakar). Over 30 years of experience in mineral exploration, training and research (BRGM, COGEMA).

Malick CISSOKHO

Senior reservoir engineer

International expert in upstream Oil & Gas and founder of Ogarex Energies. Nearly 15 years at TotalEnergies (reservoir engineering, offshore fields). Executive MBA from INSEAD.

Fields of activity

Four complementary pillars

01

Studies, evaluation & consulting

Expertise and advice in the energy, mining and industry sectors.

02

Project management & trading

Project management, technical assistance and trading.

03

Capacity building

Provision of qualified personnel and human resources management.

04

Equipment & logistics

Supply of materials, tooling and equipment; maintenance, QHSE, logistics and transport support.

Our services

Concrete solutions, end to end

  • Supply of materials, equipment, tooling and products.
  • Studies, advice and consulting; technical assistance.
  • Project management and QHSE.
  • Logistics, land and sea transport; accommodation (hotels, offices, apartments).
Our training

Strengthening the sector’s skills

  • Tailor-made training: Master Class in the Energy-Mining-Industry sector.
  • Online and in-person training: seminars and webinars.
  • Scientific and commercial events in the energy, mining and industry sector.
  • Administration of training and certification bodies.
Our purpose

What drives us forward

  • Meeting your needs with quality services for the energy, mining and industry sectors of Senegal and Africa.
  • Helping companies and clients adapt to the changes and standards required by the sectors’ new landscape.
  • Transferring our know-how so that Senegalese professionals can meet international standards and strive for excellence.
  • Relying on a skills engineering built on local content and the mobilisation of the Senegalese diaspora’s expertise.
Events

Our recent highlights

A selection of our recent actions and gatherings.

September 2024 · Istanbul

Workshop on Leadership VUCA - Financial Agility

SETHIN and Sahara Group brought together CEOs, CFOs and top managers around the theme of financial agility.

Master Class · Dakar

PETROSEN capacity building - financing solutions

A tailor-made Oil & Gas session for PETROSEN E&P and T&S project managers, with BID Group & Partner's, BIS Senegal and Tamweel Group.

Our partners

A trusted network

ACPEosysProEduc ConsultantsIMDGCTGPETROSEN T&SGPSOG
Contact

Let’s talk about your project

A question, a project, a need for expertise? Write to us or call us, our team will get back to you.

Address
No. 165, rue LIB-142 angle VDN, Liberté 6 Extension, Dakar, Sénégal
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