Council

In terms of governance, the agreement that established the Africa Institute also established the Governing Council comprising all the countries that have ratifiedⁱ the agreement. At the moment as indicated there are eight countries that constitute the Governing Council and their numbers will continue to increase as more countries ratify the agreement. The chairmanship of the council rotates between members annually following the English alphabetic order of the first letter in their names. Thus, at the moment the first chair of the council is the representative from Botswana.