{"id":2735,"date":"2026-02-24T12:49:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:52:22","slug":"mpem-afrik-finances-holding-met-with-minister-fassou-thea-ahead-of-the-foni-2026-conference-in-conakry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/news\/mpem-afrik-finances-holding-met-with-minister-fassou-thea-ahead-of-the-foni-2026-conference-in-conakry\/","title":{"rendered":"MPEM: AFRIK FINANCES HOLDING met with Minister Fassou THEA ahead of the FONI 2026 conference in Conakry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2735\" class=\"elementor elementor-2735\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49d47a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49d47a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac5437a\" data-id=\"ac5437a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2fcaad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2fcaad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><p>Conakry, February 20, 2026 \u2013 On a visit to Conakry, a delegation from \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0a \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc07\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc06, led by its President &amp; CEO Mr. \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc04\u0300\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc04 and his Special Advisor Mr. \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc0a\ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc14, was received by the Minister of Fisheries and the Maritime Economy, Mr. \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc04\u0301\ud835\udc00. The meeting focused on the upcoming opening of the Guinean subsidiary and on preparations for the 5th edition of the International Forum on Intermediation, Digital Technology, and Innovation (\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc08), scheduled for April 27\u201330, 2026, in \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc32.<br \/>A regional institution accredited by the BCEAO and already established in four countries, AFRIK FINANCES HOLDING aims to expand to ten countries over the next five years. FONI 2026 will bring together more than 1,000 participants\u2014financial institutions, fintechs, telecom operators, insurance companies, and SMEs \u2013 to address the challenges of financing fisheries, the maritime economy, and food sovereignty.<br \/>Minister \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc04\u0301\ud835\udc00 praised this initiative, as it is fully aligned with President \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc22 \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc01\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc18\ud835\udc00\u2019s vision, and emphasized the importance of this partnership for a sustainable and inclusive blue economy. To that end, he took the opportunity to outline the department\u2019s priorities.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aef8e32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"aef8e32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/14WcKAvxBmn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-open-book\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the full article<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a visit to Conakry, a delegation from \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0a \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc07\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc06, led by its President &#038; CEO, Mr. \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc04\u0300\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc04 and his Special Advisor, Mr. \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc0a\ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc14, was received by the Minister of Fisheries and the Maritime Economy, Mr. \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc04\u0301\ud835\udc00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2745,"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions\/2745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikcreances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}