ACGN meeting and AGM was held on 26 September 2018 and was attended by 16 delegates with an additional 3 proxies received. Meshack Joram, CEO of the IOD Kenya, was elected as Chairman of the ACGN with Angela Cherrington, CEO of the IOD Southern Africa, elected as Deputy Chairman. IOD’s from Mozambique; Senegal; South Africa; and Uganda were elected/re-elected as Exco Members. A valuable sharing and collaboration session was held amongst members sharing best practices, developments and challenges in their countries. A joint HED / ACGN Conference on “Corporate Governance as a Tool to support Access to Finance” was held on 25 September 2018. The conference format allowed for key note addresses from ACGN and IFC and panel discussions on related thematic topics. Key conference sponsorship were received from diverse sector entities with a vested interest in promoting good corporate governance. A capacity building workshop on “Women on Boards and in Business Leadership” was held on 27 September 2018 supported by the IFC demonstrating their toolkit, to discuss added value to IOD’s in terms of their own Boards and further promoting Women on Boards in their own countries potentially enhancing IOD revenue streams. IODs and other IFC partners are encouraged to organize TOT sessions to equip pools of trainers to use the modules.