## IMF Resident Representative Office in Seychelles

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [IMF Resident Representative Office in Seychelles](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/syc)

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### Resident Representative for Seychelles

Farayi Gwenhamo  
Resident Representative

### Office Information

Liberty House  
Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles  
email: [RR-SYC@imf.org](mailto:RR-SYC@imf.org)  
phone: + (248) 438 2015

### At A Glance

- • Current IMF membership: 191 countries
- • Seychelles joined the IMF on June 30, 1977
- • Total Quotas: SDR 22.9 million
- • Outstanding Purchases and Loans: 90.58 million (March 31, 2023)
- • Article IV/Country Report July 26, 2022

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### Office and Representation
- The IMF Resident Representative in Seychelles is Farayi Gwenhamo.
- The IMF office in Seychelles provides information on the activities of the IMF office, views of IMF staff, and the relations between Seychelles and the IMF.
- Additional information about Seychelles and the IMF, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents, is available through the IMF’s Seychelles country resources.

### Publications and Major Reports
- World Economic Outlook
  - Coming Soon: World Economic Outlook — October 13, 2026
- Global Financial Stability Report
  - Global Financial Markets Confront the War in the Middle East and Amplification Risks — April 14, 2026
- Fiscal Monitor
  - Taxing better to boost growth: Insights from the IMF’s Fiscal Monitor — September 29, 2026
- Annual Report of the Executive Board
  - Navigating a Precarious World — September 23, 2026
- The IMF’s Departmental African Paper Series: research on sub-Saharan Africa by IMF staff; views are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF Management.

### Recent Regional Analysis and Key Findings
- Publication date: April 16, 2026 — Hard-Won Gains Under Pressure
  - After a strong 2025 with growth at 4.5%, Sub-Saharan Africa entered 2026 reaping the benefits of hard-won stabilization gains.
  - The war in the Middle East has clouded the outlook.
  - Regional growth is expected to decline by 0.2 percentage points to 4.3 percent in 2026.

### Public Notices and Alerts
- The IMF cautions that several variants of financial scam letters purporting to be sanctioned by the IMF or authored by high ranking IMF officials are currently in circulation.
- Scam letters may appear on official letterhead containing the IMF logo and instruct potential victims to contact the IMF for issuance of a “Certificate of International Capital Transfer” or other forms of approval to receive large sums of monies as beneficiaries.
- Contact e-mail information provided in such scam letters is always BOGUS; unsuspecting individuals are requested to send personal banking details which scammers utilize for fraudulent activities.
- For more information, consult IMF guidance on fraudulent scam emails using the name of the IMF.

### Seychelles and the IMF

- [Seychelles and the IMF](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/syc#SYC%20IMF)

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## References

- [World Economic Outlook](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo)
- [Coming Soon: World Economic Outlook](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/issues/2026/10/13/world-economic-outlook-october-2026)
- [Global Financial Stability Report](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/gfsr)
- [Global Financial Markets Confront the War in the Middle East and Amplification Risks](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/gfsr/issues/2026/04/14/global-financial-stability-report-april-2026)
- [Fiscal Monitor](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fm)
- [Taxing better to boost growth: Insights from the IMF’s Fiscal Monitor](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fm/issues/2026/10/05/fiscal-monitor-october-2026)
- [Regional Economic Outlook Reports, All Regions](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo)
- [Asia and Pacific](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/apac)
- [Europe](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/eu)
- [Middle East and Central Asia](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/meca)
- [Sub-Saharan Africa](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/ssa)
- [Western Hemisphere](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/wh)
- [IMF Annual Report 2026](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/areb)
- [Navigating a Precarious World](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/areb/issues/2026/09/23/annual-report-2026)
- [More Publications](https://www.imf.org/en/publications)
- [Seychelles and IMFcountry page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents.](https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/SYC)
- [Seychelles and the IMF](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/syc)
- [Read the Report](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/ssa/issues/2026/04/16/regional-economic-outlook-for-sub-saharan-africa-april-2026)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/syc_