40 African Non-Governmental Organizations praised the leading role of Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, wife of the President , in female education and women development.

This came in the African Women and Development Conference, which concluded on 4/7/2008 and  which took place after the African summit. Head of the Egyptian Businesswomen Association and President of the Conference Dr. Amani Asfour said that the conference discussed African issues with regard to the overall development of African societies and the importance of exploiting natural resources, which have been ideally used to become the continent's richest potentials.

She added that the conference also discussed the importance of securing the lives of the African children educationally, socially and physically with the need to provide a better future to them.