Career
Originally a civil servant in the Ministry for Company-operation, in 1990 Fofana became the Director for Public Investments. In 1994, he accepted President Lansana Conté offer to become the "Administrator and Controller of Major Works". Increasingly close to Conté, in 1996 he was delegated to the office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for the national budget and the non-governmental organization sector.
In 1997, he was promoted to become the Finance and Economy Minister.
In this post, Fofana became increasingly at odds with Conté, and in January 2000 was removed from his post. He then took asylum in the United States, studying in Florida and at the American University in Washington District of Columbia
From overseas, he continued to exercise some influence in Guinea through his friendship with Salifou Camara. He is one of 24 candidates in the upcoming June 27 presidential election.
He is running under the party of Guinea for All (GPT) which he created.