 I'm Joanka Gwanda, I'm the coordinator of the Africa Land Policy Center. And so the center is the one that is the secretariat for the conference on land policy in Africa. This is our third edition. We've had two conferences before this, one in 2014 and the other one in 2017. This year we are really pleased to be able to talk about the issue of corruption in the land sector. And the reason why we have this focus is that in 2018, our member states under the Africa Union umbrella discussed the issue of winning corruption in a broader sense for Africa's transformation. And as we know, the land sector is one of the most corrupt sectors of Africa's economies. We cannot shy away from examining the cost of corruption in terms of being able to function and to further our goals for growing our economies but also ensuring that there's equity and that communities are not disadvantaged. So we are pleased to be hosting this conference currently in Abidjan and welcome everybody to really enjoy the conference but also focus on the key issues. Some of the more pressing issues in terms of dealing with the issue of corruption obviously is looking at the issue, I would say, of technology because we believe that by digitizing for instance all the land records and making that information available through some of the laws that our member states have passed in terms of access to information, we would be able to root out a lot of the corruption. So the willingness to engage on the issue of digitization but also looking at land information systems and how these we can move from paper to digital form and make it more accessible is I think an issue more when you look at the political will to do so but also given that Africa is actually leading the world in some ways in terms of mobile phones and what kinds of transactions and functions we can use on that technology I think is one of the more, with an opportunity that I think we need to explore in the land sector. For the conference therefore, this platform brings together stakeholders across the land sector whether we are talking about our governments and including the parliament not just the executive but also the legal side and we are looking at conversations also with our traditional authorities who hold 70% plus of the land. We are also looking at conversations with our civil society but most importantly is a platform for academia and research to bring the findings and promising practices that they have and to look at lessons from the rest of the world as well in terms of looking at promoting dialogue, promoting best practices on how we can handle for instance the issue of corruption, reforming our land information, our land administration systems to advance securing of land rights and so we are looking at this platform with some of the key outcomes including a call for action by each one of the stakeholder groups whether it's civil society, it's research, it's government, it's traditional authorities, it's a private sector looking at what we are going to be doing in the next coming two years before the next conference and in the way of trying to root out corruption in the sector as well. So in terms of advancing dialogue, this is a premier platform, we don't have another such conference on the continent so this is a really important platform. We have over 500 participants being expected, we had almost a thousand registrants but obviously we are looking at maybe about 500 participants. In terms of the prospects for finding sustainable ways for transforming Africa, I always like to think of a sector where most of our people are in terms of livelihoods and that is agriculture for instance and some of the work that we've been doing at the Africa Land Policy Center is looking at how we can mainstream the issue of land policy and look at how it impacts. First of all what is the cost of not securing land rights, what is the cost of not clarifying our land use systems on how we can advance investments in agriculture, investments in a way that they incorporate our communities and other marginalized segments of society including women, the youth for instance and pastoralists and others. And so when you look at the intersection with corruption then, we are looking at how we can advance securing of land rights and addressing some of these key issues in agriculture in a manner that would help us to be able to identify where the land is, who claims the land and how we can engage with investors and others in terms of making sure that the communities are at the center of it. So we are really excited, we have enough guidelines, I believe the political will to move forward and this conference will provide a platform where we can dialogue and where we can be able to look at some of the best practices from across Africa and across the world. So I'm really excited and I thank you for the opportunity to just have this discussion. Thank you.