Insights

Lessons from the bench, in the open.

Essays on leadership in Africa from Dr. Modupe Taylor-Pearce and the BCA network. Ideas for the leaders deciding whether BCA is their room.

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Transforming Africa Through Leadership Enhancement: About BCA Leadership

June 22, 2026 · Modupe Taylor-Pearce, Ph.D.

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…

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June 22, 2026

Mobilizing Large Scale African Diaspora Capital for Development: Challenges and Solutions

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…

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June 22, 2026

Selfless & Ruthless: A Word for Future African Heads of State

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…

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May 21, 2026

Africa’s Most Experienced Leaders Are Disappearing at the Height of Their Wisdom. A New Initiative Exists to Change That.

Press Release: 21st May, 2026

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December 1, 2022

You Are What You Eat (Part One: Feeding Your Mind)

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…

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December 1, 2022

You Are What You Eat 2

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…

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December 1, 2022

Who Got You Here Won’t Get You There

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…

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December 1, 2022

When The Student Becomes The Master: Growth Is Messy And Painful In The Middle

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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