AfCEN Convene
The convening platform behind AfCEN summits.
Turns programmes, working groups and live events into governed collaboration, investable opportunities, verified commitments and follow-through.
- Covers
- Before, during and after a convening
- Follow-through checks
- 30, 60 and 90 days
- Languages
- English and French, Portuguese next
- Running now
- WAIIS 2026
What AfCEN Convene is
AfCEN Convene is the operating system for running consequential convenings, from the first concept note to the 90-day check. It is for institutions that convene summits, programmes and working groups.
Big convenings often run on one enormous spreadsheet, approvals scattered across email threads and follow-up that depends on who remembers. After the event, commitments go quiet. Convene keeps the programme, workstreams, decisions and commitments on one record, so the work keeps moving after the room closes.
AfCEN's team sets up each convening with the host, from the workstreams to who owns what. Mansa, AfCEN's assistant, answers from your records and drafts the next step, and a person approves everything that goes out. WAIIS 2026 is being prepared on Convene.
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A look inside AfCEN Convene. Select a picture to see it full size.
Introductory video coming soon
Until then, ask MANSA for a quick tour of AfCEN Convene.
How it works
From first visit to results.
Tell us what the convening must change
Start from the outcome. The team sets up the programme, the workstreams and who owns what.
Bring in the people
Leads, partners and delegates each get their own desk, with only the records their role allows.
Run it in one place
Every lead sees what is red, what is waiting on them and what to open next.
Follow it through
Commitments stay open until there is evidence they moved, at 30, 60 and 90 days.
What you can do with it
Programme and speakers
Sessions with rooms and times, speakers from invitation to briefing, and the run of show.
Delegates and logistics
Invitations, registration, accommodation, transport and protocol, held per delegation.
Workstreams and the deal room
Standing working groups with minutes and actions, and a project pipeline that feeds the deal room.
Commitments and outcomes
Every commitment made in the room, with its owner, its next date and the evidence it moved.
Ask Mansa
Ask what is falling behind. Mansa answers from your records, with your permissions, and drafts the next step for you to send.
Role-based desks
A principal sees decisions and risk, a lead sees their desk, and a partner sees only what was shared. Permissions are checked on the server and every change is recorded.
Who it’s for
Secretariats and principals
Decisions, risks and what is falling behind across the whole convening.
Programme, logistics and workstream leads
Their own desk with what is red, what is waiting on them and drafted next steps.
Partners
A scoped desk with only the records the host chooses to share.
Delegates
Registration and logistics handled per delegation, on the same record.
Connected to the AfCEN intelligence layer
Projects discussed in Convene come from, and feed back into, the AfCEN intelligence graph, so nothing agreed at a convening is lost.
Works hand in hand with
WAIIS 2026
LiveThe West Africa Integration & Investment Summit brings 15 countries together around four pillars: energy trade, strategic minerals, agribusiness and digital.
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Deal Room
LiveOne place where projects are prepared, assessed and introduced to investors. AfCEN runs each step, and every result shows where it came from.
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Intelligence workspace
PreviewYour own workspace on the AfCEN intelligence layer: ask MANSA, explore the Atlas map, screen projects and keep what matters.
View platformSectors it serves
Energy
Generation, transmission, markets and infrastructure.
19 corridor projects tracked
Minerals
Resources, projects and infrastructure intelligence.
12 corridor projects tracked
Agriculture
Agribusiness systems, value chains and infrastructure.
3 corridor projects tracked
Transport
Corridors, logistics and cross-border infrastructure.
41 corridor projects tracked
Questions people ask
Is Convene an event-ticketing tool?
No. Registration is part of it, but Convene is for the work around a convening: programme, workstreams, decisions and commitments.
Who sets it up?
The AfCEN team sets up each convening with you.
Can Mansa send emails on its own?
No. Mansa drafts emails, minutes and actions. A person on your team reviews and sends each one.
Does it work in French?
Yes. English and French are available now. Portuguese is next.
How does it relate to WAIIS?
WAIIS 2026 is being prepared on Convene: the planning committee, workstream leads and partners each work from their own desk on one shared record.
Get started with AfCEN Convene
Talk to the AfCEN team through convene.africacen.org or convene@africacen.org, and they will set up your convening with you.