The first day of the eighth edition of the Africities Summit kicked off in Marrakesh Morocco with thousands of delegates from around the globe converging to the summit that has been dubbed the biggest gathering of local governments. Among those attending the summit is Hamadou Yalcouye who is a town planner with the Regional Development Agency of Bamako district in Mali, says that their involvement in the summit will help them find ways of increasing the capacity of the city of Bamako as they want to emphasise on their local economy.

The Africities Summit is now in its 20 th year taken place every three years since 1998. In 2018 under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI the 8th edition will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco between the 20th and 24th November 2018

The Africities Summit is now in its 20 th year taken place every three years since 1998.