Essays on leadership in Africa from Dr. Modupe Taylor-Pearce and the BCA network. Ideas for the leaders deciding whether BCA is their room.
Africa does not lack talent; Africa does not lack ambition; Africa does not lack resources. What Africa has consistently struggled with is leaders who are strong enough, ethical enough, and…
Read the article →Africa’s development debate has been stuck on the wrong question. For years, governments and development institutions have asked: How do we mobilize diaspora capital? The assumption is that the problem…
Read →Since 1990, there have been over 250 different Heads of State in Africa. Of this number, less than 5% of these heads of state have overseen periods of economic growth…
Read →Press Release: 21st May, 2026
Read →In 2008, I enrolled in a Ph.D. program after many years of resisting the entreaties of my parents to “do a Ph.D.”. I had finally found a topic (Leadership) that…
Read →John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was the President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021. During his tenure as President, Magufuli transformed the country in radical ways that upended the status quo…
Read →Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela owed his release from prison largely to the sacrifices made by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the black South African ANC leaders who suffered harassment, imprisonment, torture and exile…
Read →One of the greatest joys for any mentor or teacher is to see the fruit of their labor manifested in a mentee or student who demonstrates growth and starts to…
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