Two days of work · Dakar
Program
Strategic panels, thematic workshops, ministerial round table and signing of the Dakar Declaration.
Day 1 — Monday, May 11, 2026
Opening & strategic visions
- Break08:00 — 09:00Hall principal
Welcome & registration
- Ceremony09:00 — 09:30Salle plénière
Opening ceremony — Official speeches
CEO FONGIP · APIGA President · Minister of Economy
- Ceremony09:30 — 10:00Salle plénière
Inaugural address — H.E. The President of the Republic
To be confirmed
- Break10:00 — 10:30Espace exposants
Coffee break & networking
- Panel10:30 — 12:00Salle plénière
Panel 1 — The role of guarantee funds in financing African economies
Lessons learned from APIGA member funds and strategic perspectives.
- Meal12:00 — 13:30Restaurant King Fahd
Official lunch
- Panel13:30 — 15:00Salle plénière
Panel 2 — Financial guarantee and economic sovereignty: lessons from 20 APIGA countries
- Break15:00 — 15:30Espace exposants
Coffee break
- Workshop15:30 — 17:00Salle A
Parallel workshop A — Guarantee products for SMEs
- Workshop15:30 — 17:00Salle B
Parallel workshop B — Guarantee and climate finance
- Panel17:00 — 17:30Salle plénière
Workshop restitution
- Social19:30 — 22:00Terrasse King Fahd
Gala dinner
By invitation
Day 2 — Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Partnerships & perspectives
- Panel09:00 — 10:30Salle plénière
Panel 3 — Multilateral partnerships: World Bank, AfDB, FAGACE, FSA
- Break10:30 — 11:00Espace exposants
Coffee break
- Panel11:00 — 12:30Salle plénière
Panel 4 — Innovation and digitalization in guarantee funds
- Meal12:30 — 14:00Restaurant King Fahd
Lunch & networking
- Panel14:00 — 15:30Salle plénière
Ministerial round table — 2026-2030 roadmap for guarantee in Africa
- Break15:30 — 16:00Espace exposants
Coffee break
- Ceremony16:00 — 17:00Salle plénière
Signing of the Dakar Declaration & closing
- Social17:00 — 18:00Terrasse King Fahd
Closing cocktail