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African Leaders Launch African School of Governance Initiative

The African School of Governance -  an initiative founded by H.E. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia - has been launched in Kigali with support from the Mastercard Foundation as part of the Young Africa Works Strategy with Professor Kingsley Moghalu as the Inaugural President and a governing board of distinguished leaders. Mogalu, a former deputy governor of Nigeria's Central Bank, has three decades of expertise in public policy, financial regulation, international diplomacy and governance. ASG, is aimed at transforming leadership across Africa by providing world-class public policy education, research, and engagement programs to address the continent's governance challenges with homegrown solutions. 

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Kingsley Moghalu

"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

African School of Governance (ASG)

ASG will be led by esteemed 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 including 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.

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