International Forum for Investment in Mali
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11–12 December 2026 / CICB / Bamako
Organised by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce through API-Mali, the Mali Kura Forum brings together investors, project owners, institutions and experts around more than 200 investment projects across six priority sectors. Two days of plenaries, panels and qualified business meetings.
His Excellency
Major General
Prime Minister, Head of Government
His Excellency
Army General
President of the Transition, Head of State
Mr
Minister of Industry and Commerce
The Mali Kura Forum is part of the Vision « Mali Kura ɲɛtaasira ka bɛn san 2063 ma », which sets the ambition of a sovereign, united, fair, secure and prosperous Mali by 2063. Its purpose is to mobilise private investment, domestic and foreign, in service of that ambition.
Projects and opportunities, on the API-Mali website
Seven national delegations accompany this edition of the Mali Kura Forum.
Public institutions, companies and technical and financial partners support the organisation of the Mali Kura Forum. Four partnership packages are open to organisations wishing to be associated with it.
Partner wall
The partner wall is waiting for its first name. Put your brand on the International Forum for Investment in Mali, here and at the CICB, in front of the investors and decision-makers gathering in Bamako on 11 and 12 December.
The programme and the matchmaking recommendations are organised around six priority sectors. Every participant declares their sectors of interest in My Forum.
The Mali Kura Forum is built as a working instrument: prepare your meetings before the event, hold them on site, and follow them through afterwards.
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A B2B and B2G matchmaking algorithm scores the compatibility between profiles and gives every participant their ten most relevant matches, together with an explanation of what they have in common.
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More than 200 sector files appraised by API-Mali feed the plenaries, panels and meeting recommendations. The sheets stay in the back office and, later, in the participants’ app.
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B2G meetings open direct access to ministries and public agencies on public-private partnerships, concessions and public contracts.
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Plenaries, panels and masterclasses over two days, filterable by theme, session type and language, each with a detail page and downloadable documents.
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Plenary sessions are streamed live. Replay is available 24 hours after each session.
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The official mobile app carries the digital badge, the personal agenda and the CICB floor plan. Badge and agenda remain available without a network connection.
In My Forum, every participant completes a structured profile: target sectors, investment range, geographies and financing type. Profiles are matched on those criteria, then on complementarity and availability, to prepare the meetings.
You select a profile, propose up to three time slots (one is enough) and attach a message.
Your counterpart reviews your profile and compatibility score, then selects a slot.
The system automatically books a B2B room at the CICB and blocks the slot in both agendas.
A reminder 24 hours before, then 15 minutes before, by notification and SMS.
The Mali Kura Forum is part of the cycle of convenings run by API-Mali with investors, the diaspora and Mali’s private sector.
The images shown are from earlier institutional convenings and are identified as such.
1,241,238 km²
Area: Africa’s 8th largest country
24.7 million
Inhabitants (2025), growing 3.3% a year
≈ 16 years
Median age: one of the youngest countries in the world
CFA franc (XOF)
Pegged to the euro: €1 = 655.957 FCFA
7 neighbouring countries
Access to 7 ports: Dakar, Abidjan, San Pedro, Conakry, Lomé, Cotonou, Nouakchott
USD 1,193
GDP per capita (2025), rising steadily
Source: INSTAT
Kayes
Today: Kayes · Kita · Nioro du Sahel
Gold mining
Sadiola, Fekola, Loulo-Gounkoto: the heart of Mali’s industrial gold, and hydropower from the Manantali dam.
Koulikoro
Today: Koulikoro · Nara · Dioïla
Agro-industry
On Bamako’s doorstep, a special agro-industrial processing zone in preparation with the AfDB.
BamakoDistrict
Services and industry
The capital and main economic hub: finance, trade, industry and logistics.
Sikasso
Today: Sikasso · Bougouni · Koutiala
Cotton and orchards
The “green region”: cotton, mango, potato, maize and cashew, with a special economic zone facing Abidjan and Conakry.
Ségou
Today: Ségou · San
Rice and sugar
The irrigated land of the Office du Niger, a major rice basin, and the country’s two sugar mills.
Mopti
Today: Mopti · Douentza · Bandiagara
Livestock and fishing
Livestock, milk and fish from the inner Niger delta, with outlets to Côte d’Ivoire, Benin and Togo.
Timbuktu
Today: Tombouctou · Taoudénit
Heritage and tourism
A World Heritage city, its manuscripts and crafts, and the farmland along the river.
Gao
Today: Gao · Ménaka
Phosphate and livestock
Tilemsi rock phosphate, a locally produced fertiliser, and large herds along the river.
Kidal
Camel herding
With Gao and Timbuktu, nearly all of the country’s camels, a value chain still to be organised.
Kayes
Today: Kayes · Kita · Nioro du Sahel
Gold mining
Sadiola, Fekola, Loulo-Gounkoto: the heart of Mali’s industrial gold, and hydropower from the Manantali dam.
Koulikoro
Today: Koulikoro · Nara · Dioïla
Agro-industry
On Bamako’s doorstep, a special agro-industrial processing zone in preparation with the AfDB.
BamakoDistrict
Services and industry
The capital and main economic hub: finance, trade, industry and logistics.
Sikasso
Today: Sikasso · Bougouni · Koutiala
Cotton and orchards
The “green region”: cotton, mango, potato, maize and cashew, with a special economic zone facing Abidjan and Conakry.
Ségou
Today: Ségou · San
Rice and sugar
The irrigated land of the Office du Niger, a major rice basin, and the country’s two sugar mills.
Mopti
Today: Mopti · Douentza · Bandiagara
Livestock and fishing
Livestock, milk and fish from the inner Niger delta, with outlets to Côte d’Ivoire, Benin and Togo.
Timbuktu
Today: Tombouctou · Taoudénit
Heritage and tourism
A World Heritage city, its manuscripts and crafts, and the farmland along the river.
Gao
Today: Gao · Ménaka
Phosphate and livestock
Tilemsi rock phosphate, a locally produced fertiliser, and large herds along the river.
Kidal
Camel herding
With Gao and Timbuktu, nearly all of the country’s camels, a value chain still to be organised.
Africa’s third-largest gold producer, at close to 50 tonnes a year. Lithium at Bougouni, oil in the Taoudeni basin, phosphates, iron ore, manganese and bauxite.
43 million hectares of arable land, less than 20% of it farmed. Africa’s fourth-largest cotton producer, with mango, shea, sesame and rice value chains, and West Africa’s second-largest livestock herd.
300 days of sunshine a year and more than 1,000 MW of solar capacity to develop. Manantali and its 200 MW of hydropower, and structured public-private partnerships.
Mobile penetration of 60%. Fintech, e-commerce, agritech and healthtech are expanding fast, with the sector growing by 13.2% in 2026.
The most dynamic sector of the economy: up 7.8% in 2026 after 18.9% in 2025. Roads, river ports, logistics and industrial zones.
Three UNESCO World Heritage sites: Djenné, Timbuktu and the Dogon Country. The Niger river, the Sahara desert and Malian craftsmanship recognised the world over.
One of the most investor-friendly business environments in the sub-region: a revised investment code, four incentive tax regimes, special economic zones, 100% foreign ownership, transfer guarantees and dedicated support from API-Mali.
After the meeting, both parties record the investment intent and the agreed next step.
