The First Congress of ASRIC meeting was held in Abuja, Nigeria from the 27-29 November 2018 during which, the launch of the ASRIC occurred. The following countries were represented at the Congress: Nigeria, Kenya, Equatorial Guinee, Algeria, Morocco, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Cameroun, South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Burundi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Madagascar, Malawi, Sao Tome and Principe, Egypt, Djibouti, Angola, Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Mauritania, Botswana, Togo, Mauritius, and Nigeria.