Strengthening Standards. Advancing Excellence. Transforming Africa’s Organizational Landscape. The African Commission for Standards and Accreditation (ACSA) delivers a comprehensive suite of services designed to elevate the performance, integrity, and global competitiveness of organizations across the continent. Our services combine rigorous technical standards, contextual African insights, and future-focused compliance frameworks to ensure that institutions not only meet expectations—but consistently exceed them. ACSA’s work spans accreditation, certification, compliance monitoring, capacity building, and sector-specific standard development. We serve as a strategic partner to organizations seeking to enhance credibility, achieve operational excellence, and position themselves for sustainable growth in Africa’s evolving business environment.
ACSA is committed to raising the bar for organizational excellence across Africa. By setting clear, trusted, and future-ready standards, we empower institutions to operate with integrity, strengthen their governance, and compete confidently in an increasingly demanding global landscape. Our mission is to support organizations as they grow, evolve, and contribute to a stronger, more transparent African economy.
Trusted Standards
Stronger Governance
Sustainable Growth
ACSA’s Certification Services provide organizations with a trusted framework to validate their compliance, integrity, and operational excellence. Designed to meet both global standards and African realities, these certifications help institutions strengthen credibility, manage risk, and build confidence among clients, investors, and stakeholders.
Verified Compliance
Trusted Standards
Risk Reduction
ACSA provides continuous monitoring services to ensure that accredited and certified organizations maintain high standards year-round. Our monitoring processes include periodic audits, compliance reviews, risk evaluations, and early-warning assessments. This service helps organizations stay aligned with evolving regulations, anticipate emerging compliance risks, and proactively correct areas of vulnerability. By partnering with ACSA, organizations strengthen operational integrity and cultivate a consistent culture of accountability.
Ongoing Oversight
Regulatory Alignment
Proactive Improvements
Accountability Culture
As a continental authority, ACSA develops and publishes high-impact standards tailored to African realities. These may include sector-specific benchmarks, regulatory guidance, ethical conduct codes, and compliance frameworks covering industries such as finance, trade, logistics, manufacturing, natural resources, and nonprofit operations. Our standards help unify practices across the continent, create consistency between countries, and raise the overall quality of organizational management in Africa.
sector-specific benchmarks
regulatory guidance
ethical conduct codes
We provide a continent-wide accreditation framework that evaluates governance, operational capability, transparency, and organizational resilience.
Continuous monitoring ensures that accredited and certified organizations maintain high standards year-round.
ACSA develops high-impact standards and policy frameworks tailored to African realities.
