WELCOME TO THE AFRICAN FORUM FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHERS (AFFiT)
Empowering Africa’s Educators through Innovation, Recognition, and Lifelong Professional Growth
The African Forum for Innovative Teachers (AFFiT) welcomes you to a continental movement of educators, scholars, classroom teachers, and institutions united by a shared mission: to transform Africa’s education system through innovation, research, mentorship, and recognition. Whether you are a student teacher preparing for your first classroom experience, a classroom teacher actively shaping young minds, a seasoned lecturer training future educators, a respected educational policymaker, or an institutional leader transforming systems, AFFiT offers you a platform to grow, lead, and leave a legacy.
We are dedicated to transforming education by nurturing a new generation of innovative teachers and empowering the existing workforce with the tools, recognition, and networks needed to lead Africa’s educational renaissance.
We recognize that teachers are the architects of the future, and yet, too often, they are the most under-recognized. From teacher trainees to classroom professionals, from senior lecturers to education advocates and institutional decision-makers, many face outdated training, limited support, and poor professional incentives. These systemic challenges lead to low morale, brain drain, and widespread abandonment of the profession.
Through a comprehensive structure of memberships and fellowships, AFFiT addresses these challenges and positions educators as leaders of change within their communities and across the continent.
Affit Programs
AFFiT’s membership and fellowship structure forms the backbone of its ecosystem, designed to recognize excellence, develop leadership capacity, and support continuous, lifelong professional growth for educators
AFFiT delivers lifelong CPD that equips educators with 21st-century skills through training, digital learning, conferences, and certification.
AFFiT’s research and innovation programs advance practitioner-led, solution-driven studies that address real classroom, institutional, and education policy challenges.
AFFiT promotes a culture of excellence and accountability through awards and institutional benchmarking programs.
AFFiT bridges research and real-world impact by protecting and commercializing innovative research outputs and embedding researchers in industry to implement practical, scalable solutions.
Leadership development is integrated across all AFFiT programs, engaging members in mentorship, school-based innovation, community education, reading campaigns, and edupreneurship initiatives that extend impact beyond the classroom.
AFFiT integrates educator welfare into its empowerment model through health support, housing and financial schemes, agriculture‑for‑educators initiatives, green economy programs, and grants for education‑based enterprises.
AFFiT convenes high-impact events that advance learning, recognition, and collaboration, including research conferences, international educators’ forums, leadership summits, policy dialogues, and fellowship inductions.
Who we are
The African Forum for Innovative Teachers (AFFiT) is a leading network dedicated to teacher empowerment, educational innovation, and professional development across Africa. We provide leadership training, mentorship, research opportunities, and capacity-building programs that equip educators to drive transformative learning, curriculum innovation, and school-based projects. Through conferences, innovation forums, and collaborative initiatives, AFFiT connects teachers, policymakers, and thought leaders, fostering best practices, advocacy, and lasting impact on education across the continent.
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and how you can support what we are doing for teachers, and for the education sector.