Nzongola-Ntalaja served as President of the African Studies Association (ASA) of the United States in 1988, as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) from 1994 to 1997, and as President of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS) from 1995 to 1997. He was elected a Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences in 1988.
