SWACC started as a networking platform between persons, organisations and enterprises for exchange between Sweden and the West African countries. The first President of SWACC was Johan Stenberg, honorary consul of Niger in Sweden. He was later succeeded by Lars-Göran Andersson, honorary consul of Côte d’Ivoire in Sweden. For some years and for various reasons, SWACC’s activities were paused. Yet in 2023 a new board has kick-started SWACC’s agenda again. The President is Sten Hagberg, honorary consul of Burkina Faso in Sweden.

Links to previous activities on relations with the Sahel region (in Swedish):

• Hur kan Sverige bidra till hållbar utveckling i Sahel?
  Träff med bland andra Maria Leissner, Sveriges dåvarande ambassadör i Västafrika samt Sveriges sändebud till Sahel. Filmclip, 7 mars 2018.
• Presentationer från företag och forskare med mångårig erfarenhet ifrån arbete i Sahel
  Filmclip, 7 mars 2018.
• Popular Struggle and Resistance – Democratization and its Implications for Development in Burkina Faso. Lecture with Prof. Sten Hagberg, and Comments by Burkina Faso’s Chargée d’affairs.
• Demokrati och utveckling i Sahel: lokala perspektiv, regionala krafter och globala hot
  Panelsamtal med burkinska, maliska och svenska forskare, 29 augusti 2015.
• Handel, kultur & politisk övergång i Burkina Faso
  Föreläsning med professor Sten Hagberg, 4 maj 2015
• Launching the Swedish West African Chamber of Commerce and Culture
  Roundtable: How to strengthen the links between West Africa and Sweden?
  Representatives from trade, culture, higher education and public authorities discuss opportunities and challenges. Chair: Prof. Sten Hagberg, Uppsala University and Honorary Consul for Burkina Faso, 4 Sept. 2014