The African Economic History Network is managed by a board:
- Cyrelene Amoah-Boampong, University of Ghana, Ghana
- Belinda Archibong, Barnard College, US
- Gareth Austin, University of Cambridge, UK (founder)
- Jutta Bolt, Groningen University, The Netherlands
- Denis Cogneau, Paris School of Economics, France
- Johan Fourie, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (founder)
- Ewout Frankema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands (founder)
- Leigh Gardner, London School of Economics, UK
- Erik Green, Lund University, Sweden (founder)
- Ellen Hillbom, Lund University, Sweden (founder)
- Joseph Inikori, University of Rochester, US (founder)
- Morten Jerven, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway (founder)
- Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, University of Sussex, UK
- Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Alexander Moradi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (founder)
- Wapulumuka Mulwafu, University of Malawi, Malawi
- Karin Pallaver, University of Bologna, Italy
- Federico Tadei, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Chibuike Uche, Leiden University, The Netherlands (founder)