The African Development Bank Group has concluded a negotiated settlement agreement with Compagnie Sénégalaise de Travaux Publics, ending sanctions proceedings for fraudulent practice against the Dakar-based construction company.
Under the agreement, reached on 9 December 2024, Compagnie Sénégalaise de Travaux Publics will be debarred from participating in Bank Group-financed activities for 12 months, effective 10 December 2024.
The settlement follows an investigation conducted by the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group, which established that Compagnie Sénégalaise de Travaux Publics engaged in a fraudulent practice during a tender for the construction and procurement of equipment of annex buildings of the Digital Technology Park Project in Senegal.
The project involved developing a data centre, business process outsourcing facilities, an ICT enterprise incubator, a training centre, a research centre, an audio-visual and content production centre, and administrative offices.
The investigation established that Compagnie Sénégalaise de Travaux Publics submitted, within its bid, forged completion certificates for works that it purportedly executed.
During the debarment period, Compagnie Sénégalaise de Travaux Publics will be required to cooperate with the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption, law enforcement agencies, and regulatory authorities of African Development Bank Member Countries in their investigative functions. At the expiry of the debarment period, Compagnie Sénégalaise de Travaux Publics will only be eligible to resume participation in African Development Bank Group-financed activities after it implements an integrity compliance program consistent with Bank guidelines.
The project involves establishing a world-class infrastructure digital technology park that will make Senegal a hub for ICT sector investment and Business Process Outsourcing, as well as facilitate the creation of information economy jobs and advance ICT innovation and applications contributing to social and economic development in Senegal and West Africa.
About the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption
The Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group is responsible for preventing, deterring and investigating allegations of corruption, fraud and other sanctionable practices in Bank Group-financed operations.
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African Development Bank staff and the general public can use secured hotlines of the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption to report sanctionable practices within the Bank or operations financed by the Bank Group.
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