The 7th edition of the BRVM Awards 2026 opened on Thursday, March 26 in Dakar, for the second time in its history. Under the theme “BRVM at the crossroads of technology and sustainability for better financing of UEMOA economies”, the ceremony honors the best market performances, technological innovations, and sustainable finance initiatives.
Edoh Kossi Amenounvé presented an ambitious vision for the regional market. Artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain are already transforming risk management, market surveillance, and customer relations.
“The question is no longer whether these technologies will have an impact, but at what speed we will be able to integrate them,” he emphasized. BRVM plans to integrate AI, develop new financial instruments, create a derivatives market, and increase openness to diaspora investors.
According to Ndeye Khady Diack, Deputy General Manager of CGF Bourse, capitalization has nearly doubled in five years, now representing 18% of the Union’s GDP. In 2025, nearly 4,200 billion CFA francs (7 billion USD) were mobilized, mainly through sovereign bond issuances. These results reflect the collective confidence of regulators, states, issuers, and institutional investors.
In his speech, the President of AMF-UMOA, Kossi Tenou, emphasized that the market must become a structuring engine for sustainable development, supporting SMEs, infrastructure, energy transition, and social impact projects, while ensuring transparency, good governance, and secure innovation.
Amadou Sow, technical advisor to the Minister of Finance and Budget, emphasized the importance of digital financial inclusion. According to him, investing in digital infrastructure and developing solutions tailored to vulnerable populations is essential to democratize access to financial services, stimulate entrepreneurship, and reduce poverty.
All speakers converged on a common conviction that the alliance between technological finance and sustainable finance is now emerging as the main lever to transform financial markets into engines of inclusive, equitable, and resilient economic development.
