The ACGN is a collaborative network of director membership organisations that promote effective corporate governance on the African continent and has 19 members and 9 affiliate members from 19 African countries representing over 20,500 senior executives and directors across the continent.

The Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI) international network of 21 director institutes and was established in December 2012 to foster closer cooperation between its members, who are each recognised as the leading institute for directors and governance in their respective country.

GNDI collectively represents more than 150,000 individual directors and governance professionals.

The Good Governance Academy is a non-profit organisation that collaborates globally to share information on critical governance, sustainability, integrated reporting and business science issues as a public good. A strong alignment with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal #17 (Collaboration) and SDG #4 (Quality Education) is intended.. The GGA fulfills this mandate with due consideration for, and to the benefit of, the triple context within which it operates: society, the economy and the natural environment.

BEN-Africa was formed in 1999. The founding conviction of BEN-Africa is that by bringing together Africans who share an interest in business ethics, business ethics will be expanded on the African continent. BEN-Africa continues to thrive and stimulate the discourse on business ethics.

The value proposition of BEN-Africa is the ability of BEN-Africa to connect people through formal and informal networks, facilitate dialogue through the provision of forums to share ideas and build ethical capacity, and a platform to publish contemporary research on business ethics in Africa.

BEN-Africa facilitates interaction between its members in various ways. These include our annual BEN-Africa Conference, seminars, partner events, and creating dialogue on business ethics. The Networking Council serves as a focal contact point in African nations and regions, and fosters discourse and interaction between individual and organisational members and partners. The BEN-Africa website and various other social media platforms are extensively used as facilitators of ethics conversations.

BEN-Africa is committed to disseminate information, knowledge and expertise on business ethics to its members, primarily through our open-access, electronically published journal, the African Journal of Business Ethics (AJOBE), available at http://ajobe.journals.ac.za. The journal is a South African Department of Higher Education accredited journal. From 2021 BEN-Africa also publishes conference proceedings from the annual BEN-Africa Conference.

ICAN is the Institute that promotes the interests of its members and the Accounting Profession as a whole. Membership of ICAN is a requirement to use the designation CA(NAM). Though ICAN is not a regulator, it has the power to sanction members for non-compliance with the IESBA Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants. This power is subject to the investigation and disciplinary role of the Public Accountants and Auditors Board (“PAAB”) where the relevant ICAN member is also registered with the PAAB.

The APRM is a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by AU member States as an African self-monitoring mechanism. The APRM is often described as “Africa’s unique and innovative approach to governance” with the objective of improving governance dynamics at the local, national and continental levels.

The APRM was adopted by African Heads of State and Government as a systematic peer learning and self-assessment mechanism originating from the NEPAD foundational document, the “Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance” adopted in Durban, South Africa in July 2002.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) was officially launched in April 2001 as a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to deliver independent, analytical, critical yet constructive research into social, political and economic issues that affect development in Namibia. The IPPR was established in the belief that free and critical debate informed by quality research promotes development.

The IPPR is independent of government, political parties, commercial interests, trade unions and other interest groups. The Institute is governed by a Board of Directors drawn from different areas of Namibian society.

IODSA is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries.

IODSA, a member of the World Bank Group, advances economic development and improves the lives of people by encouraging the growth of the private sector in developing countries.

We achieve this by creating new markets, mobilizing other investors, and sharing expertise. In doing so, we create jobs and raise living standards, especially for the poor and vulnerable. Our work supports the World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity.

IODSA was founded in 1956 on a bold idea: that the private sector has the potential to transform developing countries. Since then we've expanded to more than 100 countries, coining the term “emerging markets” and pioneering new markets such as sustainable bonds.

The Namibian Stock Exchange (“NSX”) is the only stock exchange in Namibia, with a total market capitalisation of US$ 145 billion as at end 2014, making it the second biggest exchange in Africa in those terms. The reason for this size is the large number of dual or secondary listings. The NSX actively pursues dual listings and focusses on ease of listings to diversify its market as well as deepen it with more local content. In recent years the NSX has added more sectors to our boards through various listings as well as commodity ETFs. The NSX has recently published the Corporate Governance Code for Namibia (“NamCode”) which is applicable on all listed companies as a replacement of the outdated King II compliance requirement. The IODSA co-authored the publication with the NSX.

The enhancement of the governance landscape has positively positioned Namibia on the African investment scene and resulted in the deepening of the Namibian capital markets as it opens our market to a larger international investing pool. Many more steps are required to truly open our markets, not least of which are the formalisation of our bond market and setting up a Central Securities Depository (CSD).

Within the Common Monetary Area the NSX is uniquely positioned as a stable and efficient market to address regional needs of Issuers as an alternative to the JSE.

Azeus is the leading IT services provider worldwide, with more than 30 years of experience in successfully delivering IT solutions across 60 public authorities around the globe.

Throughout the years, Azeus has built an extensive track record of developing large and complex IT systems for public and private sectors. Azeus has refined its sound model of integrated operations by combining the expertise of its very own industry leaders, who have cultivated close relationships with the movers and shakers of other sectors to bring a well-rounded service to its clients. With its unmatched specialization in the public sector, Azues has excelled in offering software applications and product development, integration, and support and maintenance to improve the functions of game-changing companies.

Azeus has carried out over 250 IT projects to over 100 countries, enjoying an expansive international customer base in both the public and commercial sectors. Azeus offers Convene, a multi-awarded board portal and management software designed to lessen costs and allow board administrators to quickly prepare for meetings, while empowering directors to collaborate remotely.