MIASA is supported by the University of Ghana and four German consortium partners:

• University of Ghana, Legon-Accra (in particular the College of Humanities)
  • Major representatives: Abena Oduro, Samuel Ntewusu
• Albert-Ludwig-University of Freiburg (in particular the Africa Centre for Transregional Research (ACT), FRIAS, the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and Arnold Bergstraesser Institute)
  • Major representatives: Andreas Mehler, Bernd Kortmann
• Point Sud, Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies, Goethe-University of Frankfurt
  • Major representatives: Mamadou Diawara, Stefan Schmid, Marko Scholze
• German Historical Institute in Paris/Max Weber Foundation
  • Major representative: Klaus Oschema
• Institute of African Affairs, German Institute of Global and Areas Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg
  • Major representative: Julia Grauvogel