Held under the auspices of New Leaf Africa and AFCOM, the Invest in Guinea Conference welcomed an intimate crowd of 100 journalists, investors, governmental representatives, think tanks, NGOs and mining representatives on 13 June at the Westbury Hotel, London.

The aim of the conference was to promote viable, transparent, long-term investment opportunities in the West African nation through a series of presentations on topics including Environmental Sustainability, Local Sustainability, Developments within Mining and Infrastructure, Country Certification and Financing and Investment Guarantees. Speakers included Guinea HE Senior Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr Kerfalla Yansané; HE Mohamed Lamine Fofana, Minister of Mines, Guinea; Dr Jacqueline Sultan, Hon. Director General of Agriculture, Guinea and Alan Davies, Chief Executive, Diamonds & Minerals, Rio Tinto, Australia.