The constructive meeting centered around, amongst other things, the need for ARC’s member states to support our advocacy and fundraising efforts, an update on the move of our HQ from Johannesburg to Abidjan following the signing of our Host Agreement with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, the strategic directions of our organisation to better serve our member states, the impact of ARC in Côte d’Ivoire through the already disbursed USD 2.8 M payouts, how best to leverage the African Heads of States to champion the work of ARC as the AU mandated institution, the need for an expedited product development process and more. 

Exchanging with our member states is critical to the success of ARC as we continue to scale up our interventions and be more and more responsive to the demand of our member states.