IAFIEAfrica

Africa Chapter

Advancing intelligence education across Africa

The Africa Chapter of the International Association for Intelligence Education brings together educators, practitioners and students to strengthen the study, teaching and practice of intelligence across the continent.

Part ofIAFIEfounded 2004
Working acrossAfricawherever intelligence is taught
Open toEveryoneacademics, practitioners, students

Our work

What we do

Education

Curricula, teaching resources and academic standards for intelligence studies programmes at African universities and training institutions.

  • Course and programme design, from a first module to a full degree
  • Shared syllabi, reading lists and assessment practice
  • Certification of programmes and individual courses through the association

Research

A platform for African scholarship on intelligence, security and analysis, connected to IAFIE's global research community.

  • A bibliography of work by authors based on the continent
  • Calls for papers, and a conference that takes them
  • Introductions between researchers working the same ground apart

Community

A professional network linking academics, agencies and analysts across the continent and with chapters worldwide.

  • Regional workshops hosted by member institutions
  • Webinars through the year, recorded for members
  • A route into the global association and its other chapters

Our mission

To expand and professionalise intelligence education in Africa, in partnership with IAFIE chapters worldwide.

How we go about it

Diary

Upcoming events

All events

Annual Chapter Conference

The chapter's flagship gathering for papers, panels and workshops on intelligence education in Africa.

To be confirmedIn person

Worth reading

Resources

Reading lists, book reviews and the chapter digest. The part of the chapter that stays useful between conferences.

All resources

Reading list

Teaching analytic tradecraft

A starting shelf for anyone building or revising a course on structured analytic techniques.

Join us

Membership

The chapter is open to anyone engaged in intelligence education. Joining connects you to the African network and to IAFIE's global membership.

Membership details
  • Academics & educatorsteaching intelligence and security studies
  • Practitioners & analystsin government, business and civil society
  • Studentsbuilding careers in intelligence and analysis

Announcements

Latest news

All news

Get involved

Bring your programme into the network

Whether you teach intelligence, research it or practise it, the chapter is where that work meets its peers across Africa.

Membership is administered by International Association for Intelligence Education.