[1][permanent dead link] The organization is dedicated to the professionalization of election administration through information exchange and regional networking.
[2] The AAEA secretariat is based in Accra, Ghana, led by Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana.
Member countries include: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) [3] lent significant support to the development of the AAEA.
The AAEA has sent election observation teams to Nigeria cooperation with IFES [4] The AAEA and International IDEA co-sponsored an Electoral Administration Training for Facilitators using the BRIDGE Project Curriculum in Accra in 2005.