The GQAA is a prestigious network that provides a continental and global platform for its members to meet, network, share knowledge, skills and experiences, broker partnerships, and collaborate with each other in a diversity of quality assurance areas related to their areas of specialization. In this regard, the GQAA platform provides an opportunity for African Higher Education leaders, academics, professionals, and administrative staff to know each other on a common platform so that they can contribute towards improving the quality of products and service provision.

Before joining the association, it is important to be familiar with the associated benefits. After joining the GQAA, all members are encouraged to keep abreast with the GQAA activities by being part of the GQAA mailing list and newsletter (www.gqaa.org) so that they benefit from the wealth of opportunities and information that are shared by the association on a regular basis. GQAA members must also make concerted efforts to be part of the various activities that will be organized according to areas of specialization.

The specific benefits for paid-up GQAA Member Institutions and individuals include, but are not limited to:

1. A GQAA membership certificate with the following additional benefits:

       i) Elevating your profile

      ii) Boosts your credibility

     iii) Helps during application for promotion (individual)

     iv) Helps you when you are applying for a new job

2. Getting the opportunity to participate as a guest speaker/ keynote speaker/ panelist during the GQAA events. These are opportunities for personal & institutional/ organizational visibility

3. The GQAA will involve its members first in activities like the writing of grant proposals and implementing them.

4. Access to diverse partners, bringing together linkages created around mutual interests that benefit organizations and individual employees.

5. Coordinated research activities and outputs that can be used for decision-making and policy formulation at organization/institution, national and continental levels.

6. Opportunity to participate in discounted training programmes for members in good standing. 

7. A member institution that hosts GQAA workshops or events also benefits from the marketing and visibility associated with those events.

8. Staff from GQAA Member Institutions can also benefit from the following:

Serve as a short-term consultant and resource person in our areas of work.

Sponsorship (if such funds become available) to participate in GQAA-organized events like conferences and workshops

9. Paid-Up Member institutions can benefit through participating in various continental initiatives with discounted fees for events and institutional/organizational assessments and evaluations for self-improvement.

10. Institutional and personal visibility

11. Gaining new perspectives and ideas on the cutting-edge information, knowledge, skills and initiatives.