Opening of the Investment and Opportunities Village
Exhibition of businesses, local authorities, institutions and project promoters. Open throughout the forum.
09:00 – 18:00Room A (Business Desk & Project Clinic)
Opening of the Business Creation Desk and Project Clinic
Support for business creation and project structuring. Open throughout the forum.
09:00 – 10:30Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
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.
Speakers : Dr. Abdoul Nasser OUSMANOU (CCIMA North / FECIS Organising Committee)
10:30 – 12:00Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
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.
13:30 – 17:00Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
Main session: presentation of priority projects
Priority projects led by local authorities and businesses of the Septentrion are presented to investors and financial partners.
DAY 2 — WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2026
08:30 – 10:00Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
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.
09:00 – 16:00Room C (Sector Workshops)
Workshop: turning research results from the Septentrion into value
Connecting universities, research centres and businesses to turn regional research into economic value.
10:00 – 15:30Room B (Project Exchange & B2B/B2G Meetings)
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.
10:00 – 11:30Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
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.
11:30 – 12:30Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
Special lecture: innovative financing mechanisms for local authorities
12:30 – 14:00Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
Break
14:00 – 15:30Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
Panel 3: Public-private partnerships and infrastructure financing
Roads, markets, logistics, energy, water and sanitation: structuring bankable PPPs for the Septentrion’s economic infrastructure.
DAY 3 — THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2026
08:30 – 10:00Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
Panel 4A: Agriculture and livestock
Agricultural and pastoral value chains, local processing and agro-industry.
08:30 – 10:00Room announced on site
Panel 4B: Tourism and the digital economy
Room announced on site.
08:30 – 10:00Room announced on site
Panel 4C: Energy and mining
Room announced on site.
10:00 – 13:30Room B (Project Exchange & B2B/B2G Meetings)
Project exchange and B2B / B2G meetings (continued)
Investor–promoter meetings, negotiations, pitches and signing of letters of intent.
10:00 – 11:30Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
Panel 5: The diaspora and international investors facing the Septentrion’s opportunities
13:00 – 15:00Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
Break
15:00 – 16:00Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
Report-back from the project exchange
Presentation of the projects that received expressions of interest or financing commitments.
16:00 – 17:00Main Conference Hall — Motel Plazza Garoua
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.