Our Chairman Joel Ruet attended the African Union Summit 2018, which took place on the 28th and 29th of January. The summit gathered African Foreign Ministers, politicians and economists to set the agenda for the heads of state summit in July 2018. During this conference, speakers declared 2018 to be the year of anti-corruption. Ten of the represented countries were elected to be taking part of the Peace and Security Council.

Joël Ruet was guest commentator to an AfroChampions Initiative side event. The keynote speakers were Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger, Aliko Dangote, Nigerian billionaire businessman, Jean-Louis Billon, Ivorian politician and economist and former Minister of Commerce, as well as UNCTAD delegates.