Serving all 54 African nations
Membership

Join Africa's customer experience community

Whether you're an organisation raising your CX game or a professional advancing your career, there's a place for you in the African Council of Customer Experience Organizations.

Membership Categories

A category to suit every member

From multinational organisations to individual practitioners and students, ACXO welcomes the whole customer experience ecosystem. Final fees and criteria are confirmed by the Secretariat on application.

Corporate / Organisational

For companies and enterprises embedding customer-centricity. Includes accreditation, team access, directory listing and discounted programmes.

Individual / Professional

For practitioners, managers and leaders in CX. Access accredited certification pathways, community, events and the professional register.

Student

For students building a future in customer experience. Discounted access to learning, mentorship and the community.

Academic / Institutional

For universities, colleges and research institutions collaborating on CX curricula, research and thought leadership.

Government & Public Sector

For public institutions committed to improving citizen and service-user experience across their services.

Partner / Vendor

For technology providers, consultancies and solution partners in the CX ecosystem seeking to connect with members.

Member Benefits

What every member gains from the Council

Membership is more than a badge — it's access to the standards, knowledge, people and recognition that help you and your organisation grow.

Certification & accreditation

Access recognised CX certification pathways and the ACXO accreditation mark that signals verified customer-centricity.

Research & benchmarking

Use continental research, indices and benchmarking to measure your CX against peers and prove the ROI of improvement.

Community & networking

Join special-interest groups, regional chapters, mentorship and events with CX leaders from across the continent.

Recognition

Become eligible for the Africa CX Awards and member spotlights that put your excellence on a continental stage.

Sectors We Represent

CX excellence across every sector

ACXO members span the industries that shape the African customer's everyday experience. Here's how we support CX in each.

Banking & Financial Services

Banking & Financial Services

Helping banks, microfinance, SACCOs and insurers embed customer-centricity, trust and service excellence.

How we support this sector
  • Customer journey & onboarding standards
  • Complaint & resolution benchmarks
  • Trust & transparency guidance
  • Digital-channel experience standards
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Telecommunications

Telecommunications

Supporting telcos to deliver consistent, high-quality customer experience across every channel and touchpoint.

How we support this sector
  • Omnichannel service standards
  • Contact-centre quality benchmarks
  • Churn & loyalty insight
  • Field & retail experience guidance
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Retail & E-Commerce

Retail & E-Commerce

Raising the standard of shopper experience across physical retail and fast-growing African e-commerce.

How we support this sector
  • In-store & digital journey standards
  • Returns & fulfilment experience
  • Loyalty programme guidance
  • Customer-effort benchmarking
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Government & Public Sector

Government & Public Sector

Partnering with public institutions to make citizen and service-user experience a measurable priority.

How we support this sector
  • Citizen-service standards
  • Service-charter guidance
  • Accessibility & inclusion
  • Public-service satisfaction measurement
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Healthcare

Healthcare

Improving the patient and caregiver experience across hospitals, clinics and health services.

How we support this sector
  • Patient-experience standards
  • Compassionate-service training
  • Access & wait-time benchmarks
  • Feedback & voice-of-patient design
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Hospitality & Tourism

Hospitality & Tourism

Championing service excellence that showcases African hospitality to the continent and the world.

How we support this sector
  • Guest-experience standards
  • Service-culture development
  • Reputation & review guidance
  • Destination-experience benchmarking
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Insurance

Insurance

Building fairer, clearer and more trusted customer experiences across the insurance value chain.

How we support this sector
  • Claims-experience standards
  • Clarity & fairness guidance
  • Trust & retention insight
  • Complaint-resolution benchmarks
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Utilities & Energy

Utilities & Energy

Helping utilities turn essential-service delivery into a positive, reliable customer relationship.

How we support this sector
  • Service-reliability communication
  • Billing & query-handling standards
  • Outage-experience guidance
  • Customer-satisfaction measurement
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BPO & Contact Centres

BPO & Contact Centres

Setting quality and wellbeing standards for Africa's fast-growing contact-centre and BPO sector.

How we support this sector
  • Contact-centre quality standards
  • Agent skills & wellbeing
  • CSAT / NPS benchmarking
  • Workforce-experience guidance
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Ready to help shape the future of customer experience in Africa?

Join a growing continental community of organisations and professionals raising the standard of CX — one member, one benchmark, one Africa.