The African School of Governance (ASG) is a graduate institution launched on 16 October 2024, with its campus located in Kigali, Rwanda.
It was established to offer world-class graduate programmes in policy, research, governance, leadership, and management, aimed at developing future leaders on the African continent.
[1][2] Efforts to address Africa’s challenges through policies developed within the continent have been ongoing, with the goal of shaping African leadership for sustainable progress.
In September 2022, Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, and former Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, conceived the idea of establishing a graduate-level institution dedicated to governance and leadership training.
[5][6] On the same day, ASGF also appointed Professor Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and former Nigerian presidential candidate, as President of the African School of Governance.