Membership Fees Payment

Please find below all AfriLabs payment details and do feel free to contact [email protected] if you encounter an issue with payment.

Bank Account Number. 2030872727

Account Name – African Technology Innovation Hubs Initiative. Bank Name: First Bank of Nigeria Plc

Swift code – FBNINGLA

Amount: $500

You can also send in your payment to our Stanbic Account thus;

Bank Name: Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC

Swift Code: SBICNGLX

Account Name: African Technology Innovation Hubs Initiative

Number: 0033356108 (USD)

Correspondent Bank: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas New York NY Swift Code: BKTRUS33 ABA 021001033

Correspondent Bank Account Number: 04433866

And you can use the online portal below via the link below;

https://rave.flutterwave.com/pay/afrilabsmemberfee

Dear Esteemed AfriLabber

Welcome to the AfriLabs Membership Portal.

You can access all AfriLabs Payment details below but first off a quick recap on the benefits of each tier of payment;

AfriLabs Basic

Access to the AfriLabs Passport.1
Full voting rights during the board elections and selection of Annual Gathering Venue.2
Access to AfriLabs Hub Capacity Resources.3
Access to all Member Services as provided by the Secretariat team.4
Access to the AfriLabs Pop-up Webinars.5
Access to other members across the 5 regions in Africa for partnerships, and access to market for hubs and startups.6
Access to communicated opportunities for you and your community.7
Hub Logo gets featured on the AfriLabs Hubs Membership page.8

AfriLabs Standard – 500 USD per annum.

In addition to all the benefits for the Basic Members above, as a Standard member you also are entitled to the following benefits;

Blogs and Right to AfriLabs Social Media Takeover.9
Links to AfriLabs Media Affiliate Network partners and access to AfriLabs Media Platform.10
Full access to the AfriLabs Hubs Learning Week.11
Right to run for a AfriLabs Board Position.12
Priority consideration for flight sponsorship for the Annual Gathering.13
Hotel Accommodation during the Annual Gathering.13
Right to bid to host the Annual Gathering and Regional Meetups.14
Opportunity to be an AfriLabs subcontractor/implementation partner.15
Access to Annual Gathering event pass.13
Opportunity to attend/be selected for all expenses paid ecosystem events by partners.16
Opportunity to get featured on the AfriLabs Magazine.17

Please see below for explanation of all benefits

1. Access to the AfriLabs Passport

The AfriLabs passport is a member service for paying members of the AfriLabs network that gives them and their community members access to work from the spaces of the other 158 hubs that are members of the network in 45 African countries, for a number of days at no fee and also at discounted rates for extra days.

This service will be available to all members of the network although there would be variations;

Basic members of the network will be entitled to have a member of their community work from any other AfriLabs member space for 3 days in a year while
Standard members of the network will be entitled to have 3 members of their community work from any other AfriLabs member space for 3 days in a year respectively.

2. Full voting rights during the board elections and selection of Annual Gathering Venue

Full voting exercises both during the selection of the venue for the Annual Gathering and also voting of new board members of the network.

3. Access to AfriLabs Hub Capacity Resources

As a member of the AfriLabs network, you would have access to resources both from the AfriLabs Hubs Learning Week and also other materials and contents from AfriLabs knowledge partners.

4. Access to all Member Services as provided by the Secretariat Team

As a member, you have the right to partake and benefit from AfriLabs member service partnership with I/O Spaces USA, Talent2Africa, IBM D-NA Platform, Amazon Web Services e.t.c. All you have to do is send an email to [email protected].

5. Access to the AfriLabs Pop-up Webinars

The AfriLabs pop-webinars are designed to increase the knowledge capacity and exposure of members which would become reflective in their start-ups. Members of the network are availed to them the opportunity to attend these webinars alongside members of their team and they will be provided with resources and materials post the webinars.

6. Access to other members across the 5 regions in Africa for partnerships, and access to market for hubs and startups:

One of the key benefits AfriLabs as a network provides you is the opportunity to network and collaborate with other hub managers from across the globe. You are entitled to introductions with other hub managers. All that is required is to send an email to [email protected] requesting for the service.

7. Access to communicated opportunities for you and your community:

As a member of the network you have access to opportunities and information in the ecosystem.

8. Hub Logo gets featured on the AfriLabs Hubs Membership page:

Upon admittance into the AfriLabs network, your hub logo which would be linked to your website gets to be featured on AfriLabs website.

9. Promotion of Hub featured articles on AfriLabs Social Media Platforms, Newsletters and Blogs and Right to AfriLabs Social Media Takeover:

With over 200,000 community members across the continent, being a paying member of the network gives you the opportunity to be featured on both the AfriLabs blog, social media page and AfriLabs newsletters. Also you get to handle the AfriLabs social media pages and share information about your demo days, and ecosystem events you are attending.

10. Links to AfriLabs Media Affiliate Network partners and access to AfriLabs Media Platform:

As an AfriLabs standard member, AfriLabs would be willing to make email introduction with her media partners upon request and also get you signed in on the media platform once setup.

11. Full access to the AfriLabs Hubs Learning Week:

The AfriLabs Hubs Learning Week is focused on building the capacity of hub managers. As an AfriLabs standard member, you will have access to attend the Hubs Learning Week alongside two members of your team and all materials inclusive of webinar videos will be shared with you post the learning week.

12. Right to run for a AfriLabs Board Position:

Being a paying member of the AfriLabs network gives you the right to be nominated and run for any of the board positions during an election year.

13. Priority Access at the AfriLabs Annual Gathering:

The AfriLabs Annual Gathering brings together all key stakeholders in the ecosystem and As an AfriLabs standard member you would

Get priority consideration for flight sponsorship (if available) to the Gathering.
Have the right to paid accommodation for the duration of the Gathering.
Have access to the AfriLabs Annual Gathering Pass for you and a member of your team.

14. Right to bid to host the Annual Gathering and Regional Meetups:

As an AfriLabs standard member you are entitled to send in your proposal of interest to host either the Annual Gathering or a City Meetup.

15. Opportunity to be an AfriLabs subcontractor/implementation partner:

For all projects and programmes with partners, you stand the opportunity as an AfriLabs standard member to be contacted/selected upon meeting set criteria to be an implementing partner/subcontractor. This also gives you the opportunity to work with AfriLabs as part of a consortium to bid for projects as well as use the AfriLabs profile as a listed ecosystem partner for projects. Terms will apply on a case by case basis.

16. Opportunity to attend/be selected for all expenses paid ecosystem events by partners:

From time to time AfriLabs is contacted by partners to send in a recommendation of hubs to benefit from ecosystem events with sponsored trips, As an AfriLabs standard member you stand the opportunity of priority consideration.

17. Opportunity to get featured on the AfriLabs Magazine:

As an AfriLabs standard member, you have the opportunity to be featured on the AfriLabs Magazine which is distributed during the Annual Gathering.

AfriLabs Premium – Annual Fee to be Determined.

Part of the drive of AfriLabs is to constantly offer value to members and a such AfriLabs is currently working and building partnerships to unlock a new set of services for premium members.

Some of these services includes but not limited to;

Access to AfriLabs Ecosystem Data and Research
Access to Premium Investment and Funding Facilitation for your Hub and Start-ups.
Access to Technical and Legal Services for Hubs
Access to Fellowship and Internship Programme Exchange

As AfriLabs Accountability is of core importance to us and a such the fees would be used in;

Operational costs of the Secretariat.
Payment of facilitators for the Hubs Learning Week.
Technical and Operational Cost for the Hubs Learning Week.
Leveraging on the funds to raise additional funds for all AfriLabs programmes, Annual Gathering sponsorships and additional member benefits and services.
Running of the Annual General Meeting and Annual General Meeting Soiree.

It is important to know that as a member hub, your hub is either a basic or a standard hub member of the AfriLabs network and would be entitled to all benefits for each membership tier.

However the following terms and conditions would guide this process;

Payments:

Payments for the AfriLabs Membership subscription would be done via Bank transfer and guided by the following terms and conditions;

Membership subscription begins upon confirmation of payment and would last for a period of 1 year with effect from the payment date.
Hub Members would only be entitled to the services attached with the Membership tier they pay for.
Once the yearly subscription expires, hub members would be given a one month extension period for renewal. If they are unable to renew their subscription after the one month time frame, they would be limited to the AfriLabs Basic Membership, and if the subscription is renewed after the stipulated extension period, the membership subscription counts from the day of the original date of expiration.
Hub Members are allowed to pay the membership fee in two installments within a period of six months. However, complete payment must be made a month to the AfriLabs Annual Gathering to access the Gathering’s specific benefits for members.
Hub Members who would want to upgrade their membership tier before the end of their one year subscription would have their balance deducted from the new membership tier fee and an invoice sent to them with the fee to be paid. However, please note that no refunds will be provided for downgrading membership tier.

Refund & Cancellation Policy:

AfriLabs will issue a refund only under the following conditions:

If a member duplicates a payment for a membership tier.
If a member pays for multiple years and wishes to cancel their subscription at least 1 month before the start of the new year.

Revoke of Membership:

Please note that access to membership tiers is available to all member hubs of the network in accordance with their subscription, however members who leave the network or whose membership is revoked based on violating the laws of the AfriLabs Constitution would no longer be able to access these benefits and membership fee will not be refunded.

Use of the AfriLabs Brand:

You are allowed to mention AfriLabs as partner on your website but we however request that you take permission from the Secretariat before mentioning AfriLabs in a project.

Haven gone through the whole document, please find below all AfriLabs payment details and do feel free to contact [email protected] if you encounter an issue with payment.