Mohamed Kourouma, managing director of Hamana SA, asked the press for more than $100 billion in debt owed to him by Ecobank-Guinea.

Dating from May 2016, this debt case between the two parties ended in January 2021 in Ecobank-Guinea to pay more than 53 billion Guinean francs ; and over 8 million US dollars to Hamana SA, by the judge of the Conakry Court of Appeal. But so far, the bank has not yet respected the court decision, approaching the country's authorities and “maintaining that in the event of payment, thousands of Guineans will lose their jobs.” What Mohamed Kourouma describes as a “blackmail campaign around the State.” “If the bank goes bankrupt, it's not my problem. My problem is how do I get hold of my money,” he said. If he does not succeed, his desire is for the case to be referred to the Joint Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA) in Abidjan, set up by the OHADA system.