The 18th General Assembly and 29th Executive bureau meeting of the African Federation for Construction Contractors Associations From 26 to 30 May 2023 in the present of 15 African countries Cairo

Hassan Abd El Aziz, President of AFCCA, delivered a welcoming speech to the attendees, especially the new members (on behalf of Algeria, Mr. Reda Baziz; Burkina Faso, Mr. Bologo Mohamed; and on behalf of Guinea Conakry, Mr. Morlaye Soumah). Mr. Abd El Aziz also welcomed the new representatives: Mr. Mariteuw Chimere Diaw of Senegal, Mr. Idriss Saleh of Chad and Mr. Oussoumanou Malloum of Cameroon.
Hassan Abd El Aziz thanked the Ambassador Ibrahim Al-Shwaimi, for the effort made during the period in which reacted as Secretary-General of AFCCA .Subsequently, President Abd El Aziz nominated Eng.Karim Mohsen to be Secretary-General of AFCCA succeeding the Ambassador Ibrahim Al-Shwaimi.
During the events of the conference, Mr. Abdel Hak Laraichi delivered his speech, where he praised the role of Egypt in bearing many financial burdens. He expressed his gratitude to The Egyptian Federation for Construction & Building Contractors (EFCBC) and every one responsible for the works in Egypt. He further stressed the need for all countries to pay contributions to the union to increase its funding.

In his speech regarding the issue of training, Mr. Toufik cherradi indicated that in the Kingdom of Morocco, training had already been done in one of the schools in Casablanca, and that a new school specializing in the field of construction had also been established nearby, containing a hotel zone. Kingdom of Morocco is willing to provide free trainings for all workers in the field of construction and building (not including the cost of flights) with durations of one week to a month.

Badirou Kouf Eidji raised the concern of the lack of sufficient personnel and expertise in the field of contracts in African countries. This concern was previously mentioned in the meeting held in Senegal recently, which ended without a definitive or decisive solution. Accordingly, Mr. Kouf Eidji suggested for AFCCA to reach out for a training center to help qualify personnel in the field of contracts, in order to avoid resorting to foreign companies that only seek to make profits.

Abdol Majed Ksheer expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the great efforts made by Eng. Hassan Abd El Aziz, President of AFCCA, in building coalitions alongside his keenness to revive the role of the Arab Federation. Mr. Ksheer expressed his gratitude to the EFCBC as well, for the warm welcome and hospitality and the efforts made in spite of the scarcity of resources in AFCCA.
Benin’s representative, Mr. Kouf Eidji Badirou, offered to host the next executive office, for which the General Assembly thanked him. Republic of Chad expressed willingness to host such executive office if Benin was unable to.
And then the African delegation visited some projects in Madinaty hosted by (TALAAT MOSTAFA company).