From 9 to 11 December 2025, Riyadh held the MOMENTUM 2025 international conference, including the President of the Bank West African Development Agency (BOAD), Serge EKUE took part.

The MOMENTUM 2025 International Conference brought together the heads of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, but also public officials, international investors and leaders of opinion committed to development issues. They talked about sustainable development strategies, human-centered policies and economic priorities aligned with the national and global objectives of growth. The conference is intended to be an incubator of ideas and structuring partnerships. in order to accelerate economic transformations on a global scale.

President EKUE has increased the number of high-profile meetings during the work. It aimed to strengthen partnerships by the BOAD and to support its ambitions for the West African region. He was first interviewed Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, President of the Bank Group Islamic Development (BID). The two leaders reviewed the prospects for bilateral cooperation in the short and medium term, in a context marked by the need to increase impact investments to meet to the socio-economic challenges of member countries.

He also exchanged with Abdullah ALMUSAIBEEH, new President of BADEA. The discussions have focused on issues of common interest, possible synergies and steps to come to consolidate an already promising collaboration between the two institutions Arab and African development centers. The President of EN; mso-fareast-language:en-US; Mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"> the BOAD similarly encountered Ajay Pandey, Vice President Investment at AIIB (Asian Bank) Infrastructure Investment) in order to highlight ways forward of cooperation, in particular in the field of climate finance, a sector in which SimSun; mso-ansi-language:fr; Mso-fareast-language:en-us; Mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"> the BOAD aims to play a leading role in the service of the countries of the UEMOA