The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, expressed her satisfaction after participating in the Extraordinary Virtual Summit of the Heads of State of the Communauté Économique des États de l’Afrique Centrale (CEMAC) on 18 August 2021. “I welcome the commitment of CEMAC heads of state to deep structural reforms to radically transform and diversify the region, continue to support regional institutions and reduce its dependence on commodities,” she said a few hours after the summit.