The Ebola epidemic has greatly affected the FDI flows towards Guinea, which fell nearly 70% in 2014. Many international companies have also fled Guinea due to the epidemic. Also, foreign investors are very concerned about the country's political instability. Corroded infrastructure, political instability, problems with the electrical energy supply and the lack of skilled manpower limit the potential attractiveness of the country. The Government is trying to provide better development opportunities to the private sector, given that the country has a rich natural resources potential. Efforts have been made in terms of improving the quality of regulation. The country ranks 165th out of 189 countries in the 2016 Doing Business report published by the World Bank.

The mining sector attracts most of the foreign investment, although large-scale infrastructure and mining projects have been suspended this year (such as the exploitation of the Mont Simandou field, which was too severely affected by the fall in iron prices)