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Status & Scope
What AAP is — and what it is not.
AAP exists to connect professionals across the continent. It carries no public power, and it is important that no member or member of the public ever mistakes it for a body that does.
AAP is
- A voluntary membership network of professionals, entrepreneurs, academics, students and graduates across Africa.
- A forum for discussion, collaboration, mentorship and knowledge exchange through the AAP Corners.
- A publisher of educational material, research and documentary media through the OUBAS Institute.
- The issuer of a membership certificate that records one thing only: that the holder is a member in good standing for a stated period.
AAP is not
- A statutory or regulatory council, and it is not established under any Act.
- A registration, licensing or accreditation body for any profession or trade.
- A qualification authority — AAP membership is not a qualification and confers no designation, no title and no right to practise.
- A substitute for the statutory body that governs your profession; members remain fully subject to their own regulators.
- A law firm, an ombud or a dispute-resolution tribunal, and it does not act for members in disputes.
Use of the membership certificate
The AAP certificate may be used to show membership of a professional network. It may not be presented as a licence, a registration, a practising certificate, an accreditation, or evidence of any qualification or competence. Misrepresenting the certificate is a ground for termination of membership.
Conduct in the Corners
Corners are peer discussion spaces. Contributions are the views of the member who posts them and are not OUBAS or AAP positions. Members must not offer regulated advice they are not licensed to give, must not publish another member's personal information, and must not use the Corners for unsolicited marketing.