While in Senegal, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, in company with ANOCA President, Mustapha Berraf, also visited the headquarters of the Olympafrica Foundation in Dakar. Shown round by Executive Director, Thierno Diack, President Bach toured the facilities and a photo exhibition stand at the Foundation headquarters.
Under the guidance of ACNOA, Olympafrica International Foundation is responsible for the outreach component of the African Olympic Movement on the ground. It affords African youths a platform and the means to better their education, get special training in entrepreneurship, etc. There are 48 Olympafrica centres spread across Africa.