The Steering Committee and Advisory Board of the Africa Programme (AP) met in Mexico City during ALA-ICA Conference 2017 and discussed the next phase of advocacy work, which will be taken forward with the new Secretary General. Basma Makhlouf-Shabou and James Lowry also reported on the development on digital preservation educational resources designed for archival educators working in low resource environments. The AP also reported on its progress to PCOM, which responded favourably to the report.