The membership of FAEO consist of the following groups:

i.)   National members with voting rights

ii.)  Regional members with voting rights

iii.) Associates with no voting rights

iv.) Affiliates with no voting rights

 i.)  National members – National Member must be an established Engineering Organisation representing the Country. There shall be only one Engineering Organisation representing a country. A National Member shall comprise the national professional engineering organization or the engineering regulatory body, or the union/association of organizations within a country, that is considered most representative of technically competent engineers, according to the national standards or laws within that country.

  ii.)  Regional members – The Regional Member is a representative of the five geographical Regions of Africa,  i.e. North, Southern, West, Eastern and Central. The National Members will form the core membership of the Regional Bodies on the continent.

iii.)   Associates  – Associates shall be for profit or not for profit organisations comprising corporate entities, university, technical organisations, societies or associations in countries where there is already a national member. Research organisations and similar organisations involved in engineering also fall into this category.

iv.)   Affiliates – Affiliates shall be engineering related organisations that are representative of more than one organisation in Africa and whose activities help to further the aims and objectives of FAEO or engineering regulatory bodies from countries that already have a Professional Engineering Institution as a National Member.