Across Africa, organisations are navigating increasingly complex operating environments, from leadership transitions and governance challenges to the need to prepare a new generation of leaders. Yet, while many organisations have benefited from strong individual leaders, questions remain about whether that leadership is translating into institutions capable of sustaining progress beyond any one person.
With nearly three decades of experience spanning governments, multinational organisations, development institutions and educational initiatives across Africa and internationally, Chinwe Effiong has had a front-row view of these leadership challenges.
As executive director of the Sage Centre for Leadership Excellence, she is focused on advancing a model of leadership that places character, ethical conduct, institutional resilience and culturally grounded leadership at the centre of organisational success.
In this interview with Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi, she reflects on the recurring leadership challenges limiting the long-term growth of African organisations, what distinguishes institutions that endure from those that struggle through transitions, and why governance must move beyond compliance to become a genuine driver of better decision-making.
