The 5th African Council for Distance Education Conference and General Assembly hosted by the Open University of Sudan and held at the Republic of Sudan  was very peaceful and  successful. The Pre Conference  activities; ACDE Programme Steering Committee and the  Sub Committee meetings, the Workshop training on Open Educational Resources and the 33rd Executive Board meeting were held as scheduled. At the Conference, the key note presenters  did  good job. The break away sessions were well attended  with paper presentations. Conference participants contributed to the success of the conference by asking questions, passing relevant comments and giving suggestions that could lead to improvement in the papers that were  presented.Participants were from Africa and beyond.Several participants were from Arabian countries.

The Open University of Sudan and the Al neelain University worked  harmoniously to make the Conference participants comfortable and happy and secured. Both Al neelain University and the Open University of Sudan  provided dinner on each day with Sudanese special  flavor throughout the period of the Conference. An arrangement was also made for a  pleasurable cruise  on the Great Blue Nile during which there was lunch followed by gifts of souvenir  for the ACDE delegates from the OUS and the Al neelain University. It was indeed a period to be remembered for many years to come. The 5th General Assembly was held on the 9th March, 2017 during which important issues were mentioned and discussed. Elections were also held in to the various vacant positions of the ACDE Executive Board peacefully. Kindly find attached, a list of the members of the new ACDE Executive Board.

At the close of the ACDE activities, a recommendation  which was made  at  the 33rd  ACDE Executive Board meeting   for the Laweh Open University College Ghana to hold the 6th ACDE Conference and General Assembly in 2020 was approved  by the General Assembly.