Doumbouya wants to make Simandou an industrial engine
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Guinee360
Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya wants to make Simandou a driver of industrialisation, jobs and economic diversification beyond iron ore exploitation. At the opening of the first Simandou Mining Summit, he highlighted the chain linking the mine, the trans-Guinean railway and the mineral port, according to Guinee360.
Mamadi Doumbouya wants to make Simandou the starting point for Guinea’s industrial transformation, based on job creation, vocational training and the development of local businesses. The Guinean president set out this ambition on Wednesday 11 November at the opening of the Simandou Mining Summit 2026, according to Guinee360.
The head of state also highlighted an infrastructure chain comprising an iron mine, a trans-Guinean railway and a mineral and commercial port. He presented the Simandou 2040 programme as the framework for this transformation and called for a better distribution of the value generated by mining activities, according to Guinee360.
The speech came after the presentation, on 1 October, of Simandou 2040 as a Guinean economic lever, in the presentation of Simandou 2040.
