This is a Communique of the 1st Africa conference on tobacco control And development held virtually, October 2628, 2021. The three-day international conference on Tobacco Control and Development was convened jointly by the Center for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) and The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). Five Hundred and Sixty (560) stakeholders registered for the Conference, which was held virtual. The regional partners included the World Health Organization (WHO AFRO), Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP), Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK), African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA), Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research (ATIM) and the Tax Justice Network-Africa (TJN-A).