The 1st edition of the Nouakchott Business Forum took place in Nouakchott (Mauritania) from November 20 to 22, 2023. For 3 days, the work was very rich. The first day of the Forum was devoted to the relationship between democracy, security and climate change. The second focused on bank financing and the challenges and prospects of financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The interventions of more than 100 Mauritanian and international experts from the world of finance and economics contributed to exploring various promising sectors of the economy of Mauritania, Africa and the Arab world in general. The sessions, dialogues and discussion panels also addressed issues of vocational training and its relationship with the employment of young people and women. The last day of the forum was marked by the signing of the Declaration “Nouakchott: City of Peace”, by Ms. Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malek, President of the Nouakchott Region and President of the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-A). ). The Forum was co-organized by RIJAA (International Network of Arab and African Journalists) and CIPINA.