Dakar concluded its two-day “Future Investment Initiative Senegal 2025” (FII Senegal 2025) Forum on Wednesday with a remarkable announcement: investment commitments exceeding $23 billion.
Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko hailed the event as a “space for action, not words,” reflecting Senegal’s ambition to strengthen its economic and regional influence.
The forum, held on October 7 and 8, brought together 11,772 participants from 70 countries and resulted in the signing of 51 project and partnership agreements.
“During these 48 hours of discussions, Senegal was able to convince, unite, and engage,” Prime Minister Sonko said, highlighting the strategic focus of the event.
Structured around seven thematic panels and “deal rooms,” the forum concentrated on the key levers of Senegal’s development, including infrastructure, technology, and sustainable investment.
The discussions were paired with the government’s ambitious reform agenda aimed at improving the business environment.
Measures include revisions to the investment, tax, customs, mining, and labor codes, as well as the creation of special economic zones, land reform to facilitate investor access, and full digitalization of procedures through the APIX single-window system.
“The State of Senegal is fully mobilized to simplify the investor’s journey, reduce delays and offer a competitive and transparent business environment,” Sonko said, pledging a “partner and facilitator State, not a bureaucratic one.”
The Prime Minister called on the national private sector to seize emerging opportunities: “The time for waiting is over. The time for boldness has come. Don’t remain spectators of a changing world. Be the builders of tomorrow’s economy.” He urged businesses to form strategic alliances, acquire capital and technology, and expand value chains beyond national borders, with government support to create “regional and continental champions.”
Sonko also underscored Senegal’s promising economic outlook, projecting growth of 6.8% between 2025 and 2027 and highlighting a young, urban, consumer-oriented population as a sustainable engine for services, technology, and infrastructure. The government’s long-term vision aims to triple the size of the economy and create 13 million jobs by 2050, positioning Senegal as a gateway to Africa and a central player in the AfCFTA and regional growth corridors.
The Prime Minister praised President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye for his “clear vision of a sovereign and prosperous Senegal” and commended APIX, led by Bakary Sega Bathily, for “rigorous organization and exemplary professionalism.”
He concluded, “FII Senegal 2025 is not a parenthesis. It is the starting point of a new cycle of investment, of a new impetus,” signaling a determined path toward sustained growth and international partnerships.
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