Become a
Credentialed Coach
Built for Africa.
Stop second-guessing your abilities. Coach Africa Academy trains purpose-driven coaches with globally recognised ICF credentials, rooted in Afrocentric methodology that reflects your reality.
This programme is built
for coaches like you.
Whether you are just starting out or have been coaching informally for years, The Credentialed Coach gives you the structure, credentials, and community to do this professionally.
You know you are meant to coach but have no formal credentials. You want a structured path to global recognition without losing your African identity.
You are already coaching but want ICF credentials to command higher fees, attract serious clients, and be taken seriously in the profession.
You want to integrate coaching skills into your leadership or HR practice, and need recognised credentials to back your work in organisations.
You lead teams and want to coach rather than manage. A credential elevates your leadership and transforms how your people experience you.
You want to turn your coaching into a profitable, sustainable practice with a clear niche, pricing strategy, and client acquisition approach.
You deliver workshops and consulting but want to add coaching to your offering. Credentials open doors to a new tier of client and engagement.
The Credentialed Coach.
Everything you need.
ICF core competencies, coaching ethics, the coaching relationship, and how to hold a powerful coaching conversation from your very first session.
Deep dive into Coach Africa's proprietary TREES methodology — a coaching framework built on African realities, values, and ways of thinking.
Active listening, powerful questioning, presence, direct communication, and creating awareness. Practice through real coaching demonstrations and peer feedback.
Identify your coaching niche, build your personal brand, and develop the tools to position yourself as the go-to coach in your chosen area.
Pricing, client acquisition, contracts, marketing, and the business fundamentals every coach needs to build a practice that pays and fulfils.
Complete ICF CKA readiness prep, portfolio building, and supervised assessments to prepare you for your ACC credential application with confidence.
Afrocentric coaching
rooted in your reality.
Most coaching frameworks were built in the West and imported into Africa. The TREES model was built here, for here, drawing on African philosophy, community, and ways of knowing.
You will not spend your career trying to fit African clients into foreign frameworks. You will coach from a foundation that makes sense to you and to them, earning global ICF credentials in the process.
Start Your JourneyLearn from Africa's
coaching leaders.
Every trainer at Coach Africa Academy is a credentialed, practising coach with deep experience across Africa's organisations and leadership landscape.
Founder of the first coaching firm in Eastern Africa. Certified Executive Coach, Organisation Development Consultant, and public speaker with experience across 4 careers in 21 countries. Holds a Doctorate in Executive Performance from Middlesex University, UK, and an ICF PCC credential. Creator of the TREES coaching model.
Director of Coach Africa Academy. Internationally certified Executive and Transformational Coach, Trainer, and Facilitator. Former British Council Uganda, Barclays Bank Uganda, and IFC-World Bank. Founder of Linkit Management Solutions. Four things happen when she works with leaders: they become more self-aware, increase revenue, increase profit, and increase impact.
Certified Neuroencoding Specialist and international business coach. Visionary behind Coach Africa for Entrepreneurs. Master's Degree (Cum Laude) from Rotterdam School of Management. Believes everything we create in life, we first create in our minds. Helps African entrepreneurs build powerful, profitable, purpose-driven businesses.
By the end of this programme,
you will have:
Full readiness to apply for your ICF ACC credential — the gold standard of professional coaching recognised in 140+ countries.
The TREES model and other African-rooted frameworks that make you a more effective, culturally grounded coach for your clients.
Niche clarity, pricing strategy, client acquisition tools, and the confidence to charge what you are worth and build a practice that lasts.
Lifetime access to a network of credentialed coaches across the continent who understand your context and are invested in your success.
The African Board for Certified Coaching certification, giving you continental credibility alongside your global ICF credential.
The skills, credentials, and supervised practice hours to call yourself a certified coach with complete confidence and integrity.
Real coaches. Real results.
Frequently asked questions.
Your next cohort
starts June 2025.
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