Programme FECIS 2026 — 2nd edition
What is happening, when, where and with which speakers?
Theme : « Territorial governance and investment financing in the Septentrion »
Welcome and participant registration
Participants are welcomed at the main entrance of the main hall by the organising committee.
Opening of the Investment and Opportunities Village
Exhibition of businesses, local authorities, institutions and project promoters. Open throughout the forum.
Opening of the Business Creation Desk and Project Clinic
Support for business creation and project structuring. Open throughout the forum.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Official opening ceremony
National anthem; welcome address by the Mayor of Garoua; address by the FECIS Delegate General; remarks by institutional partners; opening speech by the Government representative; official tour of the stands.
Opening plenary: “Territorial governance, regional attractiveness and financing local development”
Discussion areas: territorial governance challenges; decentralisation as a lever for economic development; mobilising resources to finance territories; new financing opportunities for local investment; public-private partnerships for territorial development.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Main session: presentation of priority projects
Priority projects led by local authorities and businesses of the Septentrion are presented to investors and financial partners.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Panel 1: Financing territorial projects in the context of decentralisation
Local taxation, borrowing and innovative finance: how local authorities can mobilise the resources their projects need.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Workshop: turning research results from the Septentrion into value
Connecting universities, research centres and businesses to turn regional research into economic value.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Project exchange and B2B / B2G meetings
Meetings between investors and project promoters; partnership negotiations; pitch sessions; support for financial structuring; signing of letters of intent.
Panel 2: Banks, investment funds and financial institutions facing the Septentrion’s needs
Access to productive credit, guarantee funds, microfinance and products suited to SMEs and local authorities in the Septentrion.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Special lecture: innovative financing mechanisms for local authorities
Speakers to be confirmed.
Panel 3: Public-private partnerships and infrastructure financing
Roads, markets, logistics, energy, water and sanitation: structuring bankable PPPs for the Septentrion’s economic infrastructure.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Panel 4A: Agriculture and livestock
Agricultural and pastoral value chains, local processing and agro-industry.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Panel 4B: Tourism and the digital economy
Room announced on site.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Panel 4C: Energy and mining
Room announced on site.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Project exchange and B2B / B2G meetings (continued)
Investor–promoter meetings, negotiations, pitches and signing of letters of intent.
Panel 5: The diaspora and international investors facing the Septentrion’s opportunities
Speakers to be confirmed.
Report-back from the project exchange
Presentation of the projects that received expressions of interest or financing commitments.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Adoption of the Garoua Declaration and official closing ceremony
Adoption of the “Garoua Declaration on territorial governance and investment financing”; reading of the general report; presentation of partners’ commitments; awards; announcement of the 2027 edition; closing speech.
Speakers to be confirmed.
Speakers
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Dr. Abdoul Nasser OUSMANOU
CCIMA North Regional Delegate & FECIS General Coordinator
CCIMA North / FECIS Organising Committee
Sa Majesté Aboubakari ABDOULAYE
First Vice-President of the Senate, Lamido of Rey-Bouba — Honorary President of FECIS
Senate of the Republic of Cameroon
M. Ibrahim TALBA MALLA
Minister Delegate to the Minister of Public Contracts, personal representative of the Prime Minister
Government of the Republic of Cameroon (MINMAP)
M. Jean ABATE EDI’I
Governor of the North Region
North Region
M. Ousmaila MOHAMADOU
Mayor of the City of Garoua
Garoua City Council
M. Christophe EKEN
National President of the Chamber of Commerce
CCIMA Cameroon
Dr. Fabrice FUNIBA
President of TURCABA & promoter of CAP SEPTENTRION PME
TURCABA / GAVE S.A.S.
M. OUMAROU SANDA
Coordinator of the Special Programme for the Reconstruction and Development of the Far North
PSRDREN (MINEPAT)