SBPMEGuinea 2026

H.E. Amadou Oury BAH

Prime Minister, Head of Government

“Guinea remains open to financial innovations to support SMEs and accelerate economic transformation.”

“The Government will ensure that local content becomes a real lever for the participation of Guinean businesses, for upgrading the skills of the national workforce and for the domestic anchoring of the value created. Particular attention will be given to the empowerment of women and young people, notably through better access to finance, the strengthening of their skills and their integration into value chains.”

Mr. Djiba DIAKITÉ

Minister Director of Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic; President of the Simandou Strategic Committee

“The Simandou Project is a strategic lever for Guinea's transformation.”

“The Simandou Megaproject represents a strategic transformation opportunity for Guinea and for the entire African continent. This project stands out for its exceptional nature: it marks a historic step forward in international cooperation and is the first African project to bring together global players under shared governance. Simandou is not limited to its mineral qualities. It creates an infrastructure, railway, port and logistics corridor that structurally transforms the competitiveness of Guinean SMEs and opens up unprecedented continental markets.”

Mr. Mamadou BALDE

PRESIDENT OF CCIAG · HOST INSTITUTION OF SBPME GUINEA 2026

“The CCIAG carries the voice of the entire Guinean entrepreneurial fabric. From 21 to 24 October 2026, Conakry will be the African Capital of SMEs. Welcome to Guinea.”

“By co-organizing SBPME GUINEA 2026, the CCIAG gives Guinean SMEs direct access to banks, microfinance institutions, funds and investors, building on our concrete actions in favour of SME financing, such as the dedicated window opened with our banking partners.” “From 21 to 24 October 2026, Conakry will be the African Capital of SMEs. I invite the economic operators of Guinea, Africa and the diaspora to seize this historic opportunity: to get to know each other, to structure themselves, to finance themselves and to conquer the AfCFTA markets together. Welcome to the Republic of Guinea.”

Mr. Youépéné Hermann NAGALO

Knight of the Order of Merit of Burkina Faso, PERMANENT SECRETARY OF SBPME

“Since 2015, the Banks and SME Expo, a pan-African initiative, has toured eight African capitals, fostering meetings between financial service seekers and providers, and contributing to regional integration through SMEs”

“After eleven editions organised without interruption and at the end of a decade devoted to boosting SMEs, SBPME is taking a new step in its continental expansion in Conakry, alongside the CCIAG. I call on decision-makers, professional organisations, financial institutions, partners and all relevant stakeholders to align their actions with this collective momentum, in order to build SMEs that are more competitive, more innovative and better integrated into regional and continental value chains. The real question is no longer just to allow SMEs to survive, but to create the conditions for their growth, their scaling up and their transformation into national, regional and African champions, capable of conquering the continent's markets and durably inserting themselves into the AfCFTA value chains. That is the whole meaning of SBPME GUINEA 2026.”

Mr. Éric Benjamin COLLE

1ST VICE-PRESIDENT OF CCIAG, Chairman of the SBPME 2026 Steering Committee

“The development of the private sector is not decreed: it is built, with pragmatism and a demand for results, within the momentum of Simandou 2040.”

“Through SBPME Guinea 2026, the CCIAG intends to fully play its role as a bridge, facilitator and strategic partner: connecting Guinean SMEs to markets, financing, investors and business networks, within the momentum of the Simandou 2040 vision and the industrial transformation opportunities it opens up.” “Alongside the President of the CCIAG, we attach particular importance to this initiative: it serves our ambition of a more competitive, better-structured private sector that creates wealth and jobs and is a full player in African economic integration in the AfCFTA era.” “I invite economic players to make the Conakry gathering the starting point of lasting partnerships.”