The newly appointed President of ECOWAS-CEDEAO, has been confirmed to speak at AFRIDEX 2026
ASIM, Oct 08
General Birame Diop, the newly appointed President of ECOWAS-CEDEAO, has been confirmed to speak at Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 in Lagos this October.
His participation will form part of a significant ECOWAS presence at AFRIDEX, bringing together political, diplomatic and military leadership from across West Africa.
Joining the ECOWAS delegation will be Francess Piagie Alghali, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, alongside senior defence leadership representing all 12 ECOWAS Member States.
Confirmed attending Chiefs of Defence Staff and equivalent defence leaders include:
🇧🇯 | Lt Gen Fructueux Gbaguidi
🇨🇻 | Rear Admiral Manuel António Pereira Semedo
🇨🇮 | General Lassina Doumbia
🇬🇲 | Baboucarr Ousmaila Joof
🇬🇭 | Lt Gen William Agyapong
🇬🇳 | Lt Gen Ibrahima Sory Bangoura
🇬🇼 | General Tomás Djassi
🇱🇷 | Maj Gen Davidson F. Forleh
🇳🇬 | General Olufemi O. Oluyede
🇸🇳 | Vice Admiral Oumar Wade
🇸🇱 | Lt Gen Amara Idara Bangura
🇹🇬 | Brig Gen Tchakpélé Aklesso
Lieutenant General Amara Idara Bangura also currently serves as Chairman of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff.
This level of regional representation reinforces the role of AFRIDEX as a platform for dialogue around regional security cooperation, sovereign defence capability, operational readiness and long-term industrial growth across Africa.
General Diop brings more than three decades of military and international security leadership, including service as Chief of General Staff of the Senegalese Armed Forces and Military Adviser within the @United Nations Department of Peace Operations.
AFRIDEX 2026 will bring governments, armed forces, capability planners, procurement stakeholders and global defence industry leaders together across the Land, Maritime, Air, Cyber and Space domains.
The Strategic Conference on 27–28 October will take place under the theme:
Advancing Africa’s Sovereign Security Capability Through Innovation and Industrial Growth.
26–29 October 2026
Eko Atlantic, Lagos, Nigeria
Register to attend AFRIDEX 2026: https://lnkd.in/em6n24HV
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Relevant organisations and governments:
Government of Nigeria, Gouvernement du Bénin, Governo de Cabo Verde,
Gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire, Government of The Gambia, Government of Ghana, Ghana Armed Forces, Gouvernement de la République de Guinée, Gouvernement du Sénégal, Government of Sierra Leone, Présidence du Conseil du Togo, United Nations Peacekeeping, United Nations, Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria – DICON
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