A meeting of SIOP Africa members was held in Washington on 13^th October 2017 during the International Congress. It was well attended. Laila Hessissen, SIOP Africa Continental President-elect, was introduced at the meeting. Prof. Elhamy Rifky revealed further details of SIOP Africa 2019. It will be held in Cairo from 6^th – 9^th March 2019. The CEO of the Children’s Cancer Hospital, Egypt 57357, gave members some information about the hospital. South Africa (Jo’burg) and Uganda put in bids to host SIOP Africa 2021. There was a vote and Uganda won by consensus. Uganda has been given up to the end of 2018 to confirm this as they will have to leverage enough funds to host the meeting. Dr Joyce Balagede-Kambugu will be the lead local organizer. Jo’burg will be willing to step in if necessary. It was agreed that SIOP Africa group should develop objective criteria to help in selecting future potential Africa conference host countries. Members were reminded about training opportunities available on the POINTE website. Members were also informed about scholarships available in Egypt for various training programmes for pharmacists, nurses and doctors. Regarding advocacy, SIOP Africa intends engaging first ladies to help bring childhood cancer, and the numerous challenges faced in Africa, to the notice of our governments.