Officials from WADA attended the AIBA Year of Africa project event held in Togo ©AIBA

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials have attended a conference held during the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) Year of Africa project in Togo.

It followed the arrival of the world governing body's HeadsUp! Truck in the African nation last week as part of a wider development project.

WADA representatives hosted a conference "underlining their latest efforts to keep sport free from doping".

It was held at the Togo Olympic Committee headquarters in Lomé, but also enjoyed participation from other countries.

Representatives from national athletics, cycling and swimming federations also attended.

The Year of Africa is an AIBA legacy project designed to help "realise the continent’s enormous potential to produce the next generation of Olympic boxing champions".

It is aiming to increase the number of certified coaches, referees, judges and technical staff by 250 per cent across the continent.

As part of the project, AIBA are offering 4,835 course places over the course of the year and $100,000 (£77,800/€92,000) will be donated to gyms and schools.

Collaboration with WADA is also important given how the boxing body's anti-doping policy was criticised last year for a lack of out-of-competition drug testing.

They have since invested more into their anti-doping programmes in a bid to remedy problems.