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Become a member	Join TheAfriForge to contribute to African digital sovereignty through concrete programmes and open governance.	join	title intro items Why become a member Joining TheAfriForge means contributing to critical infrastructure, open source commons, and governance standards for the continent. icon title text network Continental impact Contribute to strategic digital services reusable across countries and institutions. icon title text shield Security and resilience Help build a stronger and safer software supply chain. icon title text academic Capability building Access a collaborative ecosystem for training, documentation, and technical exchange.	title intro items Member profiles We welcome technical, institutional, and operational contributions. title text expectations 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 title text expectations 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 title text expectations Institutional partner Universities, public agencies, companies, and impact actors. Support platform adoption Contribute to governance orientation Fund or support strategic programmes	title steps Membership process title text delay Submission You submit the form with your profile, objectives, and contribution proposal. Immediate title text delay Qualification Our team reviews your request and checks alignment with TheAfriForge priorities. Within 48h title text delay Scoping call A 30-minute call clarifies expectations, deliverables, and collaboration model. Within 7 days title text delay Decision and onboarding You receive the decision, participation charter, and onboarding plan. Within 10 days	title intro action subject labels placeholders countries actorTypes consentText privacyLinkLabel submit successTitle successText errorText sending Membership application This form is sent to the TheAfriForge membership team. https://formsubmit.co/membership@theafriforge.org New membership application - TheAfriForge organization actorType firstName lastName profession email phone country contribution Organization (optional) Actor type First name Last name Profession / role Professional email Phone number Country Proposed contribution organization actorType firstName lastName profession email phone country contribution Your organization name (if applicable) Select your type Example: Cheick Oumar Example: Diaby Example: Cloud engineer / Student / CTO name@organization.org +225... Select your country Describe what you can contribute Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Comoros Congo Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Kenya Liberia Madagascar Mali Morocco Mauritius Mauritania Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Uganda DR Congo Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Tanzania Chad Togo Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe Other Individual contributor University / School Private company Public agency / Institution Datacenter / Operator Open source community Other I agree that my information may be processed to evaluate my application in line with the privacy policy Submit my application Application sent! Thank you for your interest. We will get back to you shortly. An error occurred. Please try again or contact us directly. Sending…