By Monday evening, 15 Heads of state and 20 envoys had confirmed their attendance.
Heads of state
- H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn – Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chairman of African Union
- H.E. Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh – President of the Republic Djibouti
- H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mahmud – President of the Republic of Somali
- H.E. Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit – President of the Republic of South Sudan
- H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – The President of the Republic of Uganda (COMESA))
- H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete – President of the United Republic of Tanzania
- H.E. Robert Mugabe – President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
- H.E. Jacob Zuma – President of the Republic of South Africa
- H.E. Paul Kagame – President of the Republic of Rwanda
- H.E. Jonathan Goodluck – President of Nigeri
- H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba – President of Gabon
- H.E. Joseph Kabila Kabange – President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
- H.E. Abdelilah Benkirane – Prime Minister of Morocco
- H.E. Abelmalek Sellal – Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Algeria
- H.E. Dr. Hisham Kandil – Prime Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Special envoys
- H.E. Danny Faure -Vice President of the Republic of Seychelles
- H.E. Mr. Terence Sinunguruza - First Vice President of the Republic of Burundi
- Rt. Hon. Khumbo Kachali -Vice President of the Republic of Malawi
- Hon. D. Guy Scott - Vice President of the Republic of Zambia
- Hanna Serwaah Tetteh - Minister for Foreign Affairs & International Integration, Ghana
- H.E. Suhail Mohamed Faraj Fares Almazrouei -Minister for Energy, UAE
- H.E. Zhang Baowen - Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress as Special Envoy, China
- H.E. Chonung Byoung gug - Special Envoy of President of President of Korea – Member of Parliament and former Minister of Culture & Sports
- Mrs. Mmasekgoa Masure-Mwanba - Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat
- H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma - Chairperson – African Union
- H.E. Sindiso Ngwenya - Secretary General – COMESA
- Amb. Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto - Under Secretary General for Political Affairs – Ministry of External Relations of the Federative Republic of Brazil
- Ambassador Maria de Lourdes Aranda Bezaury - Mexico
- Rev. Jesse Jackson - Special Guest of H.E. the President-Elect
- Mrs. Rebecca Garang - Spouse of former President of the Republic of South Sudan
- H.E. Rupiah Banda - Former President of the Republic of Zambia
- H.E. Kenneth Kaunda - Former President of the Republic of Zambia
- H.E. Archbishop Francisco M. Padilla - Special Envoy of His Holiness, Italy
- H.E. Gitanjana Gunawardena - Special Envoy – Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation, Sri-Lanka
- H.E. Dr. Shashi Tharoor - Minister of State for Human Resource & Special Envoy, India
