ACADEMY MEMBERSHIP
To join the Academy, Paid-Membership is open to the African immigrant Community and friends of Africa. Non-Paid Membership is also is open to the African immigrant Community and friends of Africa for free but with limited special privileges of content contribution and access.
Benefits of joining as a Paid Academy Member
- Keep informed of news and critical information
- Receive education and training on best practice processes and skills
- Benchmark within the AFRICAN ACHIEVEMENT Advisory Board
- Network and engage with peers and experts
- Develop your organization and the services, products and events you provide your sector
- Enhance your career development
- Contribute to a vibrant immigrant community of professionals
What you get in membership
Access to / provided
- Resource Centre of Talks, Success stories, Expert briefings, Best Practice, Articles, Interviews and other content
- AAA news, Member news and Partner updates
- Jobs board access & posting, CV and Interim services promotion
- Directories: Suppliers and Consultants
- Access to Online discussions forums
- Outlook Reports
- Discounts to AAA events
- To Join any number of Specialist Groups
- Free entry into is open to the AFRICAN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (unlimited entries)
- eBulletin newsletter and online group
- AFRICAN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Insights magazine (3 per year)
- Badge for your emails and social media to affirm your professional status
- Discounts on various third-party events, training courses and services
No-fee Membership
Membership of the AFRICAN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS is what we call ‘contributory’ and there is no charge. Members commit to contribute to the AAA and in return receive benefits and communications. Contribution of a small amount of time, with your advice and opinion, as well as profile information enables the AAA to focus its work and create paid-for events, education and products, as well as create a community of relevance.
Members’ commitments
Members agree to receive:
- eNewsletter, maximum once a month
- Product, Event, Services email every two weeks
- Resource Centre update email, every 4 months
- Association Insights magazine every 4 months (by email or post at the discretion of AAA)
- Postal mailing, max. every 6 months
- A call to introduce events / services that match the members’ profile / interests (max. every 6 months)
Members agree to complete, every six months:
- One research call of 10-20 minutes with a member of the AAA team
- One standard or benchmarking AFRICAN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS survey
- One submission of content to the Resource Library (for sharing with other members, eg. best practice documents, manuals, checklists, SOPs, guidelines, task lists, flowcharts, policies, Job role specifications)
- Update of their Personal and Organization profile
- Feedback on services, content or events to enable the AAA to improve its operation