About us
The African Local Content Organization, ALCO, is a continental institution committed to strengthening African participation, enterprise development, and industrial capabilities across strategic sectors. We bring together governments, private operators, national supply-chain platforms, and development partners to ensure that value created in Africa, stays in Africa.
Our mandate is simple. Africa holds enormous resources and talent, yet too little of this potential is converted into sustained economic opportunity. ALCO was created to help shift this trajectory by promoting practical solutions that raise local participation, enhance competitiveness, and deepen the impact of investment across the continent.
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Our Mission
ALCO exists to advance local content as a driver of inclusive, long-term industrial development.
We support this mission through three pillars:
1. Knowledge and Capacity Building
We help governments, regulators, and companies strengthen their technical understanding of local content design, implementation, and monitoring. Our training programs, technical notes, and shared learning initiatives empower institutions to execute effectively.
2. Enterprise Development and Market Access
We support African suppliers to grow their capabilities, access opportunities, and meet industry standards. Through ALCO Digital Hub, our supplier-development platform, we enable data-driven assessments, matchmaking, and diagnostics that increase visibility and competitiveness.
We promote harmonized and transparent approaches to measuring local content. Through the African Local Content Impact Model (ALCIM), we help countries and companies track employment, procurement, technology transfer, and socio-economic value with clarity and comparability.
3. Evidence, Data, and Impact Measurement
Our Vision
A continent where African enterprises, professionals, and institutions lead value creation in their own industries, participate competitively on global markets, and contribute to resilient, inclusive economic growth.
We envision an Africa where:
Local suppliers are integrated into regional and global value chains,
Skills and technology transfer are embedded in every project,
Policy frameworks are consistent, fair, and aligned with AfCFTA ambitions,
Local content becomes a tool for genuine prosperity, not a slogan.
Our Approach
Practical Solutions
We focus on implementation, not theory. Our work is rooted in realistic pathways that help institutions and businesses deliver measurable results.
Digital Transformation
ALCO Digital Hub, ALCIM, and our broader digital platforms help automate reporting, improve transparency, and unlock insights that support better decision-making.
Pan-African Collaboration
We work with governments, regulators, industry associations, and private operators across Africa to share experience, harmonize practices, and support reform where needed.
We promote balanced and constructive dialogue between governments and industry, grounded in data and operational realities.
Evidence-Based Advocacy
Why ALCO Matters
ALCO provides a structured, credible, and collaborative mechanism for African stakeholders to:
Improve the design and execution of local content policies,
Strengthen supplier readiness and competitiveness,
Increase the socio-economic impact of investment projects,
Align national practices with continental aspirations under AfCFTA and Agenda 2063.
We are here to ensure that Africa captures a larger share of the value it creates, today and in the decades ahead.
Join the Movement
Whether you are a policymaker, a private operator, a local enterprise, or a development partner, ALCO offers a platform to collaborate, share knowledge, and shape the future of African industrial development.
Together, we can build stronger industries, stronger economies, and stronger African capabilities.
