Continental impact
Contribute to strategic digital services reusable across countries and institutions.
TheAfriForge
Become a member
Join TheAfriForge to contribute to African digital sovereignty through concrete programmes and open governance.
Why become a member
Joining TheAfriForge means contributing to critical infrastructure, open source commons, and governance standards for the continent.
Security and resilience
Help build a stronger and safer software supply chain.
Capability building
Access a collaborative ecosystem for training, documentation, and technical exchange.
Member profiles
We welcome technical, institutional, and operational contributions.
Technical contributor
Engineering teams, security experts, and open source maintainers.
- Contribute to priority software components
- Join technical and security reviews
- Share quality and documentation practices
Infrastructure partner
Datacenters, operators, hosting providers, and regional cloud actors.
- Co-design sovereign hosting standards
- Provide technical or federation capacity
- Contribute to availability and recovery objectives
Institutional partner
Universities, public agencies, companies, and impact actors.
- Support platform adoption
- Contribute to governance orientation
- Fund or support strategic programmes
Membership process
1
Submission
You submit the form with your profile, objectives, and contribution proposal.
Immediate
2
Qualification
Our team reviews your request and checks alignment with TheAfriForge priorities.
Within 48h
3
Scoping call
A 30-minute call clarifies expectations, deliverables, and collaboration model.
Within 7 days
4
Decision and onboarding
You receive the decision, participation charter, and onboarding plan.
Within 10 days
Membership application
This form is sent to the TheAfriForge membership team.