Delegations

Guest countries

Seven delegations from the Indian Ocean basin gathered around a shared ambition: building a future carried forward by women.

Reunion

Réunion Island, a French territory in the southern hemisphere at 21°S and 55°E — 2,512 km², 911,000 inhabitants as of January 1, 2026, prefe...

South Africa

South Africa spans 1,221,037 km² at the tip of the continent, with a population of approximately 62 million. It has three capitals—Pretoria,...

The Union of the Comoros

The Union of the Comoros is an archipelago in the Mozambique Channel comprising several islands, including Ngazidja, Ndzuwani and Mwali. It...

Madagascar

Situated off the coast of East Africa, Madagascar is the world's fifth-largest island. It spans 587,041 km² and is home to roughly 30 millio...

Cameroun

Cameroon, 475,442 km² in Central Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea — around 30 million inhabitants, capital Yaoundé, economic capital Douala. Sa...

Mauritius

Mauritius is a volcanic island in the southwest Indian Ocean, covering 2,040 km² with a population of approximately 1.27 million. With its c...

Seychelles

The Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, covering 459 km² of land with a population of approximately 100...

Tanzania

Tanzania, 947,303 km² in East Africa including the Zanzibar archipelago — around 67 million inhabitants, capital Dodoma, 1,424 km of Indian...

Rwanda

Rwanda, 26,338 km² in the African Great Lakes region — around 14 million inhabitants, capital Kigali, a landlocked country bordered by the D...