Africa's beauty industry, professionalized.
AFBPA is the continental standards body for hairdressing, barbering, nails, makeup, esthetics, spa, wig craft, and beauty education. We register practitioners, certify skill, accredit training, and connect over a million working professionals to the businesses, governments, and consumers who depend on them.
Professionalize, certify, and empower Africa's beauty workforce.
Africa's most trusted beauty industry ecosystem.
Built for permanence. Designed for the continent.
The Authority, in full.
About the Authority
Mission, vision, and the philosophy guiding ten years of continental work.
Read more →The Decadal Roadmap
Network in 2027. Institute by 2032. Authority by 2037.
Read more →Sectors We Serve
Four sectors. Nine disciplines. One continental standard.
Read more →ABPN Connect
The digital infrastructure for IDs, jobs, and verification.
Read more →Charter Membership
Three tiers of founding membership for the 2027 charter.
Read more →Join the Authority
Register your interest ahead of the 2027 charter opening.
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