Guinea is considered to be one of the countries with the highest growth potential in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is in part due to its bauxite deposits and its significant hydroelectric potential, estimated at 6,000 MW. To facilitate trade and economic development, the country is in need of infrastructure development and the improvement of roads, airports and ports.

PPPs are defined and governed by law L/97/012/AN authorizing the financing, construction, operation, maintenance and transfer of infrastructure development by the private sector. Relations between the government and a private investor under a PPP are governed by a Build-Operate-Transfer Agreement (BOT). This PPP law is general and contains a number of provisions to be specified and defined in the implementing regulations that do not yet exist. However, the absence of implementing legislation is not an obstacle for the assembly of PPPs as agreements exist in various industries, including infrastructure, energy and telecommunications.

Since 2013, international financial institutions have been supporting the Ministry of Economy and Finance to reinforce the existing political, legal and institutional PPP framework as well as the new PPP unit and line ministries to build capacity.

In the past, Guinea has implemented divestures and greenfield projects in the ICT industry. With the exception of state participation in mainly private companies or partial privatization operations, recent experience in Guinea with PPPs includes the Conakry Port Container Terminal Expansion ($500 million) and the 450 MW Souapiti hydroelectric project ($1.38 billion). A management contract for the electricity utility (EDG - Électricité de Guinee) was also signed for a total amount of 11.3 million euros in June 2015.

Guinea plans to conduct studies for the development of new mega-hydroelectric dams (515 MW Souapiti on the Konkouré, 285 MW Amariah on the Konkouré and the 100 MW Morissanako on the Sankarani) under the PPP model.