1、In collaboration with:SME Competitiveness in Francophone Africa 2024Strengthening business ecosystems for exports7th editionGathering data on business ecosystems in francophone Africa1.(Guven&Karlen,2020).The International Trade Centre(ITC)and the Permanent Conference of African and Francophone Cons

2、ular Chambers(CPCCAF)joined forces in 2024 to help the network of chambers of commerce in French-speaking Africa analyse the impact of key components of the business ecosystem on the operations of small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs)and their ability to grow and thrive within their respective bu

3、siness environments.ITC and CPCCAF conducted a business survey,asking firms to rate the quality and cost of the elements that make up their business ecosystem such as transportation infrastructure,logistics,certification bodies and financial institutions.The survey also included questions on busines

4、s revenues and investment,which were analysed alongside the ecosystem assessments to provide deeper insights into the factors influencing business performance.More than 6,400 in-depth surveysITC and CPCCAF surveyed 6,493 businesses in French-speaking Africa in MarchJuly 2024.Data were gathered from

5、companies in Benin,Burkina Faso,Cameroon,Central African Republic,Chad,Comoros,Congo,Cte dIvoire,Democratic Republic of Congo,Djibouti,Gabon,Guinea,Madagascar,Mali,Mauritania,Morocco,Niger,Senegal,Togo and Tunisia.This booklet presents the analysis of survey responses.It is the seventh edition of an

6、 annual series found at www.intracen.org/publications.More than half of the respondents(59%)were microenterprises with fewer than 4 employees,30%were small(5 to 19 employees),8%were medium-sized(20 to 99 employees)and 3%were large enterprises(more than 100 employees).Most(67%)of the enterprises oper