The Africa Arbitration Academy is an initiative of the foremost young arbitration practitioners’ group in Africa – the Association of Young Arbitrators (AYA). The Academy was established due to the rising demand for improved expertise and training of arbitration practitioners in Africa, and to expose the young practitioners to the current trends and developments in international commercial and investment arbitration. The inaugural Academy program held in London (June 2019) and was taught by international arbitration experts (academics and practitioners), heads of arbitration institutions, in-house counsel, and judges. The overall objective of the Academy is to provide the much-needed specialized training to young arbitration practitioners from Africa and to equip them with the right set of skills to succeed within the international arbitration community.