Africa–Europe International Conference on InsolvencyTheme
What should be saved — and should anything be saved at all? When should a business be wound down? What place should be given to the law, the executive, the judge, company directors, creditors and insolvency practitioners?
Registration opens on 05 October 2026.
10-11 December 2026 · Libreville International University – Berthe & Jean · Libreville, Gabon
Days of exchange
Modules
Continents
Conference proceedings
Prize — "Best Summary Report Award"
Insolvency law pursues considerable goals everywhere: preventing failures, preserving viable businesses, organising the liquidation of those that are not, protecting creditors, safeguarding jobs. But do the categories and mechanisms it relies on still meet those ambitions? The conference examines these questions with a clean slate, confronting African and European experiences on equal footing — a quiet, mutually beneficial revolution, built through dialogue, not a pamphlet.
Insolvency is not merely a legal engineering problem. It reveals the forces that structure our economies, the fragilities that run through them, the political choices that shape them, the risks to be managed and the opportunities to be seized.
Mr Werner Derijcke, Chair of the Scientific Committee
Two days, seven modules. Presentations will be brief, contributions will be available in writing, and each module will be followed by a debate meant to circulate experiences and compare solutions rather than merely juxtapose models.
The Conference Proceedings, prepared in advance, gather the major analyses, speakers' contributions and Africa–Europe perspectives. They are given to every participant and serve as an academic reference, a strategic resource for decision-makers, and a forward-looking tool. The conference closes with the presentation of certificates and the Best Summary Report Award.
Reserved for participating students, this Award will recognise the best summary reports written following the conference.
This distinction aims to encourage quality of analysis, critical thinking, and the ability to faithfully capture the key lessons, debates and recommendations arising from the work of the Africa–Europe International Conference on Insolvency.
The conference was born from the meeting of three actors whose missions complement one another: science, education and investment.
Founded in the 1990s by Jean Bastin, a major figure in credit insurance and a recognised theorist of the discipline, the fund conducts research and shares knowledge on credit, financial risk and economic protection mechanisms. President: Mr Patrick Dewolf.
An African economic intelligence firm founded in 2020 in Casablanca (Morocco), dedicated to promoting investment in Africa through risk and opportunity analysis and strategic support for public and private actors. President: Dr Laëtitia Makita-Ngadi.
A Gabonese academic institution co-founded in 2013 by Dr Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, driven by the vision of Dr Carles Luce Donald Kambangoye, co-founder and promoter. It hosts the conference. President: Dr Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo.
Africa and Europe face converging challenges:
Insolvency also reveals deeper shifts: