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The room that is shaping Africa’s story.

A selective, year-round network for the people shaping how Africa is seen: practitioners, agency leaders, journalists, creators, creatives and educators, across the continent.

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Four communicators on stage at the Africa Global PR Week Summit
Two members of the community meeting at the Summit
“Repeat Africa’s true narrative until it dominates.”
Africa PR NetworkWhat we are here to do
  • 150Founding places left
  • 6 to 8Learning sessions a year
  • 4Regional meet-ups a year
  • 12Member-led talks a year

Most professional groups grow by volume. We grow by curation.

The Africa PR Network is designed to be a trusted room: a place where visibility, relationships and opportunities move careers and agencies forward.

To protect that, every member is reviewed before joining. This is not an open network. Quality matters more than quantity.

How membership works

  • Active contribution

    You are doing the work, and adding to the profession as you do it.

  • A clear professional identity

    A track record others can see and vouch for.

  • Willingness to engage

    You come to share and collaborate, not only to collect contacts.

  • Shared values

    Excellence, authenticity and ambition for the continent.

Where do you fit in?

Apply under the track that best describes your work. Every track is reviewed against the same standard.

What members receive.

Standing in the profession, a closer seat at the Summit, and a working network for the other fifty-one weeks of the year.

01

Status and visibility

Be seen as part of the room.

  • A digital member badge, ready for LinkedIn and your bio
  • A verified profile in the private member directory
  • Priority for Network spotlights and newsletter features
02

Access

A closer seat at the Summit.

  • Member pricing on Africa Global PR Week Summit passes
  • A members-only breakfast and closed-door speaker sessions at the Summit
  • Early sight of the speaker line-up and agenda
  • The full post-event package: recordings, slides, summaries and templates
03

Value all year

In the Network app, every week of the year.

  • A private, searchable directory of members
  • Direct messaging with other members
  • An opportunities and collaboration board
  • Members-only virtual sessions and briefings
  • A gated content library
  • Practical learning, in an African context
  • Trusted relationships with your peers
  • Market intelligence across borders
  • Opportunities for your career and your visibility
  • A hand in shaping the profession's public agenda

Membership.

One year at a time. The first 150 individual members join at the founding price, and keep it for 2 years.

Founding offer

Individual

For one professional

$250$199a year

The founding price, held for your first 2 years. Once the founding places are taken, membership is $250 a year.

150 of 150 founding places leftConfirmed when payment is made

  • A verified profile in the private member directory
  • Direct messaging and the opportunities board
  • Members-only sessions, briefings and the content library
  • Member pricing and closed-door sessions at the Summit
  • Your digital member badge
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Agency

For a firm and its team

$800a year

One membership for 5 people, the account holder included.

  • Full membership for each of 5 people
  • Each with their own verified profile
  • Places managed from one account, and moved when your team changes
  • One payment, with an invoice for your accounts team on request
Apply as an agency

Students and early-career

For the next generation

$150a year

For students, and for professionals between roles. Places are limited.

  • Everything in individual membership
  • A reduced rate while you study or find your next role
  • A route into the profession's rooms from the start
Apply as a student

Prices are in US dollars. Membership runs for 12 months from the day you pay, and nothing is charged until your application has been approved. Paying by bank transfer, or need an invoice? Write to network@africaprweek.com.

A year inside

Not a mailing list. A calendar.

The Network exists to help African communicators see the shifts coming in markets, technology and policy, apply what they learn to real work, and build relationships that cross borders.

Apply to joinEverything that is included
  • 6 to 8

    Digital learning sessions

    Applied topics, chosen each quarter, on the shifts in markets, technology and policy that reach your work.

  • 4

    Regional meet-ups

    In person, region by region: East, West, Southern, North and Central Africa in turn.

  • 12

    Member-led talks

    A monthly speaker series, hosted by a different country each time.

  • 1

    Annual summit

    Africa Global PR Week, with member pricing and sessions reserved for the Network.

How to join.

There are two ways onto the whitelist: an invitation, or an application. Both end the same way.

  1. Apply, or be invited

    Tell us about your work. Existing members and the organising team can also invite you directly.

  2. We review

    Every application is read by a person, on a rolling basis. Approval is not automatic.

  3. Your whitelist code

    If you are approved, we send a personal whitelist code and a private payment link.

  4. Welcome to the room

    Your membership starts the day you pay and runs for twelve months.

Questions, answered.

Who can join?

People working in and around African communications: practitioners, agency leaders, journalists and editors, creators, creatives, academics and students. Membership is by application or invitation, and every member is reviewed before joining.

Why is there a whitelist?

Most professional groups grow by volume. We grow by curation, so that the Network stays a trusted room where relationships and opportunities move careers and agencies forward. That means approval is not automatic, and we may decline an application that does not meet the current criteria or capacity.

What is a founding member?

The first individual members to join pay the founding price, and keep it for their first two years. Founding places are limited, are confirmed when payment is made, and close without notice once they are taken.

How long does membership run?

Twelve months from the day you pay. We email you before it ends, and renewing early never costs you days: a renewal starts when your current term finishes.

Is a Summit pass included?

No. Membership and Summit passes are separate. Members receive member pricing on passes, a members-only breakfast and closed-door sessions at the Summit, and the full post-event package.

Can my organisation pay by invoice or bank transfer?

Yes. Once you are approved, write to network@africaprweek.com and we will send an invoice. Your membership starts when the transfer arrives.

How does an agency membership work?

One agency membership covers a set number of people, the account holder included. The account holder invites colleagues from their account, and each has their own profile in the directory.

I joined the Network before membership was paid. What changes?

Your profile, your connections and your conversations stay exactly as they are. Sign in to your account to see your options, which include a founding place while they last.

Is a whitelist code transferable?

No. A whitelist code is personal: it works only with the email address it was sent to, and membership is individual.

Ready to be part of the room?

We are building a network that compounds in value over time, through relationships, visibility, access and shared ambition. If that is the room you want to be in, we invite you to apply.

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Repeat, repeat, repeat Africa’s true narrative until it dominates.