African Leaders: Lift-off African School of Governance…

By Abdul Rahman Bangura-

NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– The African School of Governance which was concept inducted by Presudent Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Hailemariam Desalegn erstwhile Prime Minister of Ethiopia – has been launched in Kigali with assistance from the Mastercard Foundation as a tranche of the Young Africa Works Strategy with Professor Kingsley Moghalu as the Inaugural President and a governing board of distinguished leaders. Mogalu -an erstwhile Deputy Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, has three decades of expertise in public policy, financial regulation, international diplomacy and governance. ASG, is slated at transforming leadership across Africa by providing world class public policy education, research, and engagement programs to address the Landmass’s governance difficulties with homegrown remedies.

“Honored to accept an invitation from African leaders President Paul Kagame of Rwanda , former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and others, to serve as President (Vice-Chancellor) of the newly established African School of Governance (ASG), located in Kigali, Rwanda.” – Kingsley Moghalu.

ASG will be steered by highly placed independent governing board members, chaired by Makhtar Diop – Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and former Minister of Finance and Economy of Senegal, and encircling Donald Kaberuka, former President of the African Development Bank, Hajer Gueldich, Professor at the University of Carthage, Lilian Barnard, President of Microsoft Africa, Kishore Mahbubani, former Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and Francis Gatare, CEO of the Rwanda Development Board.

New Africa Daily News Abdul Rahman Bangura Reports, Africa Correspondent