Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), met with 31 heads of state, vice-presidents, prime ministers and ministers during his visit to the 15th Francophonie Summit at the International Conference Centre of Dakar in response to an invitation from Macky Sall, president of the Republic of Senegal. The summit aims at further strengthening the current investment and economic relations within the Francophonie countries.

The summit was attended by French President François Hollande.

Prince Alwaleed met with President Sall and during the meeting political, economic and investment issues were discussed. The president commended Prince Alwaleed on his local, regional and international investments. Also during the visit to the Senegal Prince Alwlaeed met with Hollande and the two discussed political, economic, investment and cultural matters.