Agents and partners
A face in every country
GIB Forum works with local agents and institutional partners in African countries. Visitors get information in their own language, from a contact they know in their own country.
Two ways to work with us
Agent or institutional partner?
We work with two groups: commission-based country agents who register visitors, and chambers, associations and institutions that direct their members to the forum. Both work within a written framework.
Country agent
Companies and independent professionals who register importers, distributors and investors in their country for the forum, under a written agency agreement and on a commission basis.
Agent programmeInstitutional partner
Chambers, associations, unions and business councils that announce the forum to their members, form delegations or make B2B referrals; the framework is set out in a Collaboration Letter.
Institutional partnershipSection A
Country agent programme
Who can become an agent?
Companies and independent professionals with business-community connections in their country: trade consultants, travel agencies, fair representatives, export-import advisers or business-network managers.
What we expect from you
- Registering importers, distributors and investors in your country for the forum, with every registration based on a real company and position.
- Explaining to visitors only the written package contents; making no promises on behalf of GIB Forum about visas, flights or hotels.
- A short status report every two weeks: prospects, contacted, registration completed, proforma sent, payment received.
- Using the GIB Forum name and logo only as set out in the agreement.
What we offer
A written agency agreement
Scope, country, term, commission, payment terms and reporting in one document.
Commission
For every verified visitor you bring whose payment has been collected, at the rate stated in the agreement; paid once collection is complete.
A unique agent code
You track every registration from application to payment with your own code.
A sales kit
Presentation, package and price list, social media visuals and standard reply texts.
Briefing
An online introduction at the start of the programme and regular Q&A sessions.
A tracking sheet
A shared report showing the status of your registrations.
Principles
- No payment is taken from a visitor and no binding commitment is made before the agreement is signed.
- An agent may not promise visas, invitations, flights, hotels or the attendance of public institutions on behalf of GIB Forum.
- Sub-agents may be used only with written approval.
- No commission is paid on refunded, cancelled or uncollected registrations.
Steps
- 1
Complete the agent application form.
- 2
Our partnerships team meets you online; you discuss country potential and targets together.
- 3
The agreement is signed; your agent code and sales kit are sent.
- 4
You track your first registrations in the system and share a short report every two weeks.
Section B
Institutional partnership
We work within a written framework with chambers, associations, unions and institutions that want to bring their members into the Türkiye–Africa business agenda.
Who we work with
- Chambers of commerce and industry
- Business associations
- Sector unions and exporters’ associations
- Business councils
- Women’s and young entrepreneurs’ networks
- Organised industrial zones
- Relevant public institutions (only within a written cooperation framework)
Collaboration Letter
Mutual expectations, in one document
We start every partnership with a Collaboration Letter that states clearly what each side will do.
The institution’s contribution (one or more)
- Announcements to members
- Access to the member list
- Forming a delegation
- Proposing speakers
- B2B referrals
- Sponsor support
GIB Forum’s contribution
- The institution’s logo listed as a partner
- Conditions for members, as set out in writing in the letter
- Visibility for the institution at the forum
- A post-forum report
Be the face of GIB Forum in your country.
For agent applications and institutional partnership requests: [email protected].