NEPAD CEO Dr Mayaki recently held meetings with Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who is also Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC). Their meeting in Dakar, was in preparation for the forthcoming HSGOC Summit in Addis Ababa on January 29. They also discussed the Dakar Financing Summit on African Infrastructure to be hosted by the Government of Senegal later this  year.

The HSGOC is comprised of 20 heads of state who are elected on the basis of the AU five regions. This 20-member committee includes the five initiating countries of NEPAD. The Committee provides leadership to the NEPAD process, sets policies, priorities and the programmes of action for the Agency.