Africa Center is run as an independent reference site. The fastest way to reach the editorial team is by email. There is no contact form on this page on purpose: a static mailto link cannot break, cannot be exploited as an open relay, and lets you keep a copy of the message in your own outbox.
What to send
Please include enough detail that we can act on the message without a back-and-forth:
- The page URL or country profile you're referring to.
- The specific figure, label, or sentence in question — copy and paste rather than describe.
- For corrections: a primary source link (World Bank, IMF, UN agency, national statistics office) showing the figure you believe is correct.
- For source suggestions: the organisation, the dataset name, and the URL of the dataset's public landing page.
What we respond to
- Data corrections. We treat reports of factual errors as priority — country populations, GDP figures, capital cities, currency names, life expectancy, literacy or urbanisation rates that disagree with the most recent primary release.
- Citation questions. If you need help citing a chart, see how to cite first; if it doesn't cover your case, write in.
- Source suggestions. Pointers to official statistics portals we should add to our directory.
- Accessibility issues. Anything that prevents you from reading or navigating the site with a screen reader, keyboard, or low-bandwidth connection.
What we don't do
- We don't accept guest posts, sponsored articles, link-building requests, "quote contributions", or backlink exchanges. Such messages are not answered.
- We don't provide bespoke research, custom datasets, or per-country consulting. The site is a reference; your own research starts with the primary sources we link to in data sources.
- We don't speak on behalf of any government, institution, or political organisation. Africa Center is independent.
Response times
Email is checked on weekdays. Corrections that include a primary-source link are usually applied within a week. Other messages may take longer; if you haven't heard back within two weeks and the matter is time-sensitive, a polite follow-up is fine.
Press and academic enquiries
For permission questions on charts, the licensing summary covers most cases. For anything not covered there — bulk reuse, embedding in a paid course or print publication — write to the same address with "Press" or "Academic" in the subject line.
Last reviewed: 28 April 2026