The composition of the new bureau was announced by Morocco's Representative to the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ambassador Mohamed Arrouchi who chaired the opening session of a meeting of the Bureau of the Committee of Experts, held in preparation for ECA's 53rd Session and the 2021 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

Besides Equatorial Guinea (Chair), the new bureau includes Madagascar (First Vice-Chair), Zambia (Second Vice-Chair), Sierra Leone (Third Vice-Chair) and Morocco (Rapporteur).

Morocco was appointed chair of the Bureau of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development in March 2018 at a meeting held in Marrakech.

Held under the theme "Africa's sustainable industrialization and diversification in the digital era in the context of Covid-19," ECA's 53rd session and the 2021 Conference of African Ministers of Finance kicked off on Wednesday in a hybrid format, at the level experts.