The official opening ceremony for the 47th graduating class of the West African Center for Banking Studies and Training (COFEB) took place on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. GMT, in Auditorium A of the Center.

Chaired by the Governor of the BCEAO, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, the ceremony was attended by members of the Government, BCEAO management, training facilitators, COFEB executives, and students of the degree program.

Thirty-one members of the 46th graduating class of the degree program of the West African Center for Banking Studies and Training (COFEB) successfully defended their dissertations on December 3-18, 2024, at the headquarters and national branches of the BCEAO, with the exception of Guinea-Bissau.
At BCEAO Headquarters, the examination board was presided over by Mr. Mahaman Tahir Hamani, General Manager of COFEB. 

The West African Center for Banking Studies and Training (COFEB), the training and research center of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), and HEC Paris held a Certificate award ceremony for the 26 participants of the 2024 edition of the “Executive Certificate in Strategic Banking Management, Level 1” (CEMSTRAT 1).

The 47th graduating class of the degree program of the West African Center for Banking Studies and Training (COFEB) kicked off their academic year on Monday, November 4, 2024.

From March to September 2024, COFEB organized the seventh edition of the training and coaching certification course on the implementation of Basel II-III in WAEMU. The program was jointly implemented with the Luxembourg’s Agence de Transfert de Technologie Financière (ATTF).