Prof Kingsley Moghalu, President and Vice Chancellor of the African School of Governance (ASG) has been selected as keynote speaker for the 2025 Harvard University’s Africa Development Conference (ADC) Summit.
This is contained in a letter to Moghalu by organisers of the annual summit that would be held at the Harvard University Campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA .
The letter was released by Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos.
The letter from the organisers read: “The summit would hold from April 11 to April 12, with the keynote address theme as: “Africa by 2040: The Future of the African Youth”.
The organisers noted that the theme raised an urgent question: “Will Africa’s rapidly growing youth population be an asset or a liability – a force for transformation or a challenge to overcome.,”
According to them, Moghalu was chosen due to his distinguished leadership in economic governance, monetary policy and financial inclusion, making him an ideal keynote speaker for the 2025 ADC.
“Your insights will be invaluable to our discussions.
“Each year, the ADC, founded by students of African descent at Harvard Law School and Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard Kennedy School) draws over 500 attendees and features more than 50 thought leaders from various institutions.
‘This includes heads of state, policymakers and influential figures, to share strategies and foster collaborations for sustainable development in Africa.”
Moghalu was appointed president and vice-chancellor of the African School of Governance in October 2024.
“The ASG was Co-founded in 2024 by Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and Hailemariam Desalegn, a former prime minister of Ethiopia in collaboration with a network of African academics, philanthropists and senior policymakers.
ASG is a pan-African, graduate-level university of public policy, envisioned to build a generation of African leaders that will transform governance in the continent, equipped by an ASG education with the mindsets, knowledge and skills to tackle Africa’s challenges and opportunities in the 21st century,” it stated.
Moghalu’s career trajectory included 17 years in the international civil service of the United Nations with strategic assignments at duty stations at the UN Secretariat Headquarters in New York, Cambodia, Croatia, Tanzania, and Switzerland. (NAN)
