Financial Afrik Awards Summary Report

The Gambia took centre stage in Africa’s financial calendar as it hosted the 7th edition of the Financial Afrik Awards (FAA) from 22 to 23 January 2026 at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre.

The two-day gathering, officially opened by President Adama Barrow, brought together senior cabinet ministers, regional governors, security chiefs, heads of institutions, financial
leaders, business executives, development partners, and investors from across the continent and beyond, positioning the country as a growing hub for dialogue on finance, investment, and economic transformation.

On January 27 and 28, 2025, at the Sofitel Hotel in Abidjan, 500 economic stakeholders participated in the Financial Afrik Awards. The theme of the event was: The Arab World and Africa: Investments and Trade.

Organized by Financial Afrik in partnership with BADEA as the official partner, the chosen theme explored the convergences and complementarities between the Arab world and Africa, particularly in trade and investments. The B2B meetings, led by Finactu, facilitated discussions on 15 key projects between partners. Additionally, our teams recorded more than 87 business meetings through the conference’s economic platform.

Dedicated to “Green Finance”, the fifth edition of the Financial Afrik Awards (#5FAA), held on December 8, 2022 at Hôtel 2 Février in Lomé, aimed to bring together a representative sample of the African financial ecosystem around a major theme. Green finance refers to financial operations targeting the fight against global warming (adaptation, mitigation) and the promotion of energy transition.
The Togolese Minister of Economy and Finance, Sani Yaya, from the outset, in his opening speech of the conference, reminded the 300 participants (face-to-face and remotely) of the need to innovate in order to capture “the immense potentialities green finance”.