Pictured in the front A.K. Dube (CEO of the Secretariat of the African Decade of persons with Disabilities); behind him Ms Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya (Minister for Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities) (left) and  Ms Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu (Deputy Minister of Public Works). Next row:  Prof Mac MacLachlan (Trinity College Dublin), Ms Gubela Mji (Stellenbosch University, South Africa); Honourable Mr Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa); Dr Alister Munthali (University of Malawi).
Back row: Dr Hasheem Mannan (Trinity College Dublin); Ms Elina (University of Namibia); Prof Arne Eide (SINTEF); Mr Gert van Rooy (University of Namibia) and Dr Amani Elkhatim (Ahfad University for women, Sudan)