Pan-African · Est. 2017 · Grand Baie, Mauritius

The boardroom where Africa's leaders sharpen each other.

Better Decisions. Better Knowledge. Better Results.

40+ world-class and award-winning coaches and consultants covering all five regions of Africa. Confidential peer rooms, and a continental network that has served 5,000+ leaders since 2017.

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The BCA Suite

Five disciplines. One standard.

Every engagement draws on the same bench: certified coaches and senior operators who have led organizations across the continent.

No. 01

Executive Coaching

You leave with decisions made, not just notes. Certified coaches hold you accountable to your own words, in person, virtual, or by email.

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No. 02

Peer Learning

You stop solving alone. Cohort meetings, speaker series, and Needs & Leads match your problem to a leader who has already solved it.

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No. 03

Consulting

You keep the talent you depend on. Leadership, management, organizational, and governance consulting that builds and retains a stronger bench.

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No. 04

Project Management

Your event lands. Conferences, retreats, and workshops designed, moderated, and facilitated by a bench with a combined century of experience.

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No. 05

Business Matching

You reach the right room faster. We match you to the exact resource: capital, a partner, expertise, or a market, whether you are diasporan or multinational.

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Why BCA

One bench. Five ways we move you forward.

Other networks sell coaching. BCA brings the whole bench: coaching, peer learning, consulting, project management, and business matching, delivered by operators who live in your markets. Built for executives, founders, public-sector leaders, and the women and rising leaders shaping the continent.

Coaching and consulting in one place
Certified coaches and senior consultants, not either/or.
Peer rooms that solve real problems
Every problem you face has been solved by a member before.
Operators who live in your markets
Coaches and consultants based across all five regions.
Outcomes the board can measure
Sharper decisions, stronger teams, revenue growth, all tracked.
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Our connections are wide. Our footprint is massive. Africa is our country, and we know the terrain.

We know the politics, the policies, and the constraints of doing business in Africa. That fluency is the difference between advice and counsel.

The Bench

Coaches and consultants who have sat in your chair.

A selection from the BCA bench: every coach certified, every consultant a former operator. The full bench numbers 40+ across all five regions.

Hugh Kweku Fraser

Hugh Kweku Fraser

Sierra Leone

Chair, Bank of Sierra Leone Access to Finance Group. NED, Ecobank Sierra Leone.

Catherine Engmann

Catherine Engmann

Ghana

Chartered Governance Institute. Certified John Maxwell coach and culture transformation consultant.

Sibongile Muwamba

Sibongile Muwamba

Malawi

Board chair and trustee 12+ years. Has coached leaders across nine African nations.

Amal Hihi

Amal Hihi

Morocco

Executive coach for leadership performance and work-life balance.

Price Alan Mbida

Price Alan Mbida

Côte d’Ivoire

Founder, SEKHMET3.4.5 Coaching & Consulting. Executive-committee retreats and team performance.

Norah Bwaya

Norah Bwaya

Uganda

Certified executive coach and BCA cohort facilitator.

Nankhonde Kasonde van den Broek

Nankhonde Kasonde van den Broek

Zambia

Executive coach to senior leaders across Southern Africa.

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The bench has led at
HoneywellShellKenya AirwaysWorld BankHarvardINSEADOld MutualEcobank
How Membership Works

The monthly rhythm of a sharper leader.

Every BCA cohort meeting runs the same disciplined rhythm, refined across nine years and 3,000+ leaders.

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Knowledge Acquisition

A guest speaker opens each meeting with a talk on a relevant topic, followed by facilitated knowledge-sharing among members.

02

Peer Problem-Solving

Half of every meeting is devoted to your problems, professional or personal. Every problem you face has been solved by another member before.

03

Individual Coaching

A private, one-hour session each month with your chosen leadership coach. Confidential, certified, accountable.

Made in Africa Leadership Conference
The room in person: the Made in Africa Leadership Conference.
MLC · BCA's flagship annual gathering
Member Voices

In their own words.

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Maryam Darwich

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Fatu Yumkella

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Sophie Ndong

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Alvin Emerson-Thomas

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Client Testimonial

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BCA Fellows 2025 · Cohort 3

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BCA Fellowship Cohort Two

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BCA Fellows 2023 Cohort

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Trusted across the continent

Organizations BCA has worked with and supported.

New

The Success in Africa Podcast

Conversations with the leaders shaping the continent, a new dimension to the BCA network. Listen, subscribe, and sponsor an episode.

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BCAOnline

Your online boardroom.

Open continent-wide, around the clock.

BCAOnline is where you intimately connect with leaders across Africa between meetings: share knowledge, test thinking, and be first to opportunities.

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Inside this week

  • Needs & Leads: match your need to a member's lead
  • Speaker series replays and cohort notes
  • Cross-border introductions, member to member
  • First access to MLC and event seats
"BCA didn’t give me advice. It gave me a room full of people who had already solved my problem." · Fatu Yumkella

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