29th-31st
August 2025

Rabat, Morocco

MAIN PARTNER

RETHINKING THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN AFRICA

LEAD is a groundbreaking pan-African initiative to address one of Africa’s most persistent challenges: transforming the quality of public governance to match the continent’s remarkable economic and social potential. At the heart of the program is a three-day retreat in Rabat, which brings together the fellows, senior public and private officials, and policy experts.

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+40 FELLOWS
+20 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
+14 SPEAKERS
+18 WOMEN LEADERS

OUR COHORT

YODAHE ZEMICHAEL
Executive Director - National ID, ETHIOPIA
ASTEWAYE WOLDEMICHAEL
Advisor to the Minister of Finances, ETHIOPIA
JOHN UWAJUMOGU
Special advisor to the President on Industry - Trade, and Investment, NIGERIA
AFTAR TOURE MOROU
General Manager of Togo Public Procurement Regulatory Authority, TOGO
AUBIN TAPE
Chief of Staff - Ministry of Employment and Social Protection, IVORY COAST
TAMER TAHA
Advisor to the Minister - Ministry of Planning, Economic | Development & International Cooperation, EGYPT
JOULDÉE SOUMARÉ
Director for the Private Sector - Ministry of Economy, SENEGAL
NICOLAS SIMEL NDIAYE
Special Advisor - Ministry of Economy and Finance, BENIN
AHMED SIDIYA
Head of Follow up Unit Operations Department – Public Sector, SAUDI ARABIA
BASSIROU SARR
Chief of Staff - Ministry of Finance and Budget, SENEGAL
MELEKET SAHLU
Deputy CEO Ethiopian Investment Holdings, ETHIOPIA
WAMILSON RANGEL
Deputy Director - Debt Management Unit - Ministry of Finance, ANGOLA
SAUL MUSKER
Director of Strategy and Delivery Support - Private Office of the President, SOUTH AFRICA
SIDI MOHAMED DHAKER
Principal advisor Governor Central Bank, MAURITANIA
YVES ROGER MELINGUI
Special Advisor - Kribi Autonomous Port, CAMEROON
SHARIF MAHMUD KHALID BA
Economic Advisor - Office of the President, GHANA
MARYSE LOKOSSOU
General Director - Caisse des Dépots et Consignations du Bénin, BENIN
EDMOND KOMBAT
Managing Director - Tema Oil Refinery, GHANA
BLANDINA KILAMA
Deputy Executive Secretary Trade and Innovation National Planning Commission, TANZANIA
LEAH KASERA
Head of Public Policy and President's Priority Initiatives, KENYA
SHAAKIRA KAROLIA
Ministerial advisor - Ministry of Energy & Electricity, SOUTH AFRICA
ANTOINE KAJANGWE
Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Trade and Industry, RWANDA
GILSON GOMES PINA
National Director for Planning Ministry of Finance, CABO VERDE
ZAKARIA FARAHAT
Director of International Cooperation - Communication and Partnerships - Ministry of Investment, MOROCCO
MARC OLIVIER ENOH
Director, Technical Adviser to the Directorate General at Cameroon’s National Public Debt Management Office, CAMEROON
JOSEPH DIABATE
Head of Planning at BOAD, TOGO
ANGE PATRICK DEMENOU
Sub Director of Money and Credit Institutions, CAMEROON
JUCIENE CRISTIANO DE SOUSA
Secretary of State for Budget and Public Investment, ANGOLA
JEAN-MARC BROU
Technical advisor to the Prime Minister, IVORY COAST
AMINE BELHAJ SOULAMI
Chief of staff - Minister of Trade & Industry, MOROCCO
MAMADOU BARRY
Deputy Director General of Budget, Ministry of Budget, GUINEA
BINTA BARRY
Minister’s Advisor, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, GUINEA
OLUWAKEMI BANJO
Head of Change Management - Central Bank, NIGERIA
MATILDA ASANTE-ASIEDU
2nd Deputy Governor, Central Bank, GHANA
ANTONIA AKOURE
Director of Marketing & Communication, Invest in Gabon, GABON
AÏCHA AKALAY
High Commissioner for Planning's Advisor, MOROCCO
MARIE VIVIANE ADO GOSSAN
Chief Executive Officer, MCA-Côte d'Ivoire, IVORY COAST

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