The IAC Africa regional group met online on 10 December, 2024, with 25 attendees from around the continent, including representatives from Botswana, Cameroon, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Facilitated by IAC Africa regional represenative Dominic Nsona, a practicing counselor and president of the Malawi Association for Counselling, the meeting included membership and conference updates, a discussion of the main challenges faced by counsellors in Africa, and initiatives for action and advocacy. The next meeting 4 February, 2025. Please contact Dominic Nsona if you would like to join.

IAC's regional structure, which provides inclusivity and representation at a regional level, comprises IAC Africa, IAC Asia-Pacific, IAC-Carribean, IAC Europe, IAC Latin America, IAC Middle East and Central Asia, IAC North America, and IAC-Oceania. The purpose of the IAC Regional Branches is to advocacate for the legal recognition of counselling, set region-wide counselling standards, support national counselling associations, and to support region-specific education, research and practice programmes. Learn more about establishing an IAC regional branch.