The 4th edition of Finance Week opens on April 30, 2026 at the Starland Hotel, initiated by the media Eco Matin, led by Émile Fidieck. Under the theme “Private Investment: Building the New Economic Power of CEMAC”, the meeting will bring together for two days the main public and private decision-makers of CEMAC around the issues of financing and economic diversification.
Among the expected participants are Louis Banga Ntolo, General Director of the Central African Securities Exchange (BVMAC), Yvon Sana Bangui, Governor of the Central African States Bank (BEAC), Laya Sidibé, General Director of SanlamAllianz Cameroon, Pierre Kammogne, senior executive of Afriland First Bank, Leandre Djummo, General Director of the Commercial Bank Cameroon (CBC), Mathieu Ebanda, CEO of Elite Capital Group, Hayssam El Jammal, General Director of Prometal, Christian Din Dika, CEO of ESS Group, as well as Anthony Minko Milam, Ambassador of Gabon to Cameroon.
According to the organizers, more than 300 high-level decision-makers are expected, including ministers, regulators, leaders of financial institutions and investors, with the aim of strengthening the role of the private sector in creating value, mobilizing savings and financing the economies of the sub-region. The discussions will focus in particular on the development of financial markets, the attractiveness of investments, and the mechanisms for financing the economy outside of extractive resources, in a context of increased budget constraints for the CEMAC states.
In an international environment marked by the volatility of capital flows, the tightening of financial conditions, and the reconfiguration of value chains, the chosen theme takes on a particular resonance. BVMAC, long perceived as embryonic, is now trying to change its status, driven in particular by structuring operations such as the listing of BGFI Holding on the stock exchange, which has helped restore some credibility to the market.
Under the watchful eye of BEAC, guarantor of monetary stability, the question of regional financial integration remains central: without deeper, more liquid and interconnected capital markets, CEMAC will struggle to effectively channel savings into productive investment. Implicitly, it is the region’s ability to transition from an administered economy to a structured market economy that is at stake – a transition that is still incomplete, but now difficult to avoid.
