African School of Governance knocks CAS door

From left: Ornella Kayitesi, Shabbir Hassanbhai, Ngozichukwu Njemanze, Francis Gatare, Amit Jain, Kingsley Moghalu and Que Boxi.

A three-member high-level delegation of the African School of Governance (ASG), an independent, pan-African graduate school of public policy headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda led by the President of the African School of Governance (ASG) Prof Kingsley Moghalu visited the NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies (CAS) in Mar. It included member of ASG’s Governing Board Francis Gatare and ASG Director of Strategic Planning Ngozichukwu Njemanze. The delegation was received by Centre Director Amit Jain and the founding Chairman of the CAS Board of Advisors Shabbir Hassanbhai.

Amit Jain showing the delegation around Gaia, the new Nanyang Business School building.

The two sides explored potential areas of cooperation including but not limited to research and knowledge exchange. Mr Jain briefed the delegation on the work of the Centre. Prof Kingsley sought to leverage the Centre’s expertise in delivering specific programmes at the ASG. The ASG, which is expected to be officially inaugurated later this year, aims to nurture a new generation of motivated and high integrity African leaders by providing world class public policy education.  The School, which is located in Kigali, was established as a Pan-African institution of higher learning in 2022 has the former Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Kishore Mahbubani on its Governing Board.

Prof Kingsley, a respected political economist has previously served the Central Bank of Nigeria as the Deputy Governor where he oversaw the rollout of the payment systems reforms, including the development and introduction of the unique identifier Bank Verification Number (BVN), that enabled the growth of a thriving Fintech industry in Nigeria. He also helped establish the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET) a public policy think tank focused on inclusive growth.

Francis Gatare, who was also part of the delegation advises President Paul Kagame on economic matters and has earlier served as the CEO of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB). During their visit the delegation saw the tamarind tree planted by President Kagame during his visit to the Nanyang Technological University in 2022 and undertook a short walking tour of the campus. 

The delegation posing with the tree planted by President of Rwanda Paul Kagame during his visit to NTU.