Germany, COLOGNE, November 22, 2022 — After elections were held in September 2022, the new 9-member ASAF Board was elected for the term 2022 – 2024, having the collective aim of strengthening the strategic development of Africa by implementing ASAF’s vision of knowledge-sharing and educational mobility. The Board will meet for the first time in Kigali, Rwanda from 25 – 27th November 2022, along with representatives from the Service Providers and other third parties, with objectives including (but not limited to):

• Creating working structures for the different bodies within ASAF
• Re-activating the ASAF Task Forces and electing their Co-Speakers
• Creating a working plan for 2023, as well as a longer 3-year working plan
• Discussing a strategy for national structures within ASAF to supplement and cooperate with the overall continental structure, namely between Co-Ambassadors for each African country
• Determining clear assignments of tasks and responsibilities within the Board and Task Forces
• Setting clear processes and procedures for ASAF Projects in 2023

Some activities planned for the meeting include:

• Participant introduction, with icebreakers to get to know each other
• Going through ASAF’s milestones
• Reporting on the various departments within ASAF
• Determining how to staff Committees with the aims of diversity/inclusion and regional cooperation/integration
• Determining working groups for several topics
• Brainstorming on how to attract and activate ASAF members
• Network and Outreach Dinner with local ASAF members
• Filming interviews
• Group work
• Wrapping up by recording concrete procedures 

The meeting will conclude with recapping the outcomes of the sessions held, a feedback round, as well as a discussion on the future of ASAF and its potential in the years to come.