The mission of the ALC is to train a new generation of Africans and serve as a forum for transformative discourse on peace, security and development in Africa.
The African Leadership Centre is anchored on and guided by the following core values:
- Pursuit of excellence
- African-led ideas and processes of change.
- Diversity in terms of gender, region, class and beliefs.
- Independent thinking.
- Recognition of youth agency.
- Integrity.
To this end, the ALC undertakes to do the following:
- Create an enabling environment for ideas that are grounded in African realities;
- Provide space for interaction with role models;
- Build capacity for independent thinking;
- Expand the knowledge base to develop transformational ideas that can be developed to create visions of change;
- Create opportunities to transfer knowledge to achieve multiplier effects for communities;
- Connect with processes nationally, regionally and globally, especially in the field of peace and security; and
- Build lasting partnerships that will maintain an African-led vision of change.
The ALC hopes to train a new generation of Africans and serve as a forum for transformative discourse on peace, security and development in Africa. The ALC’s uniqueness lies in its ability to integrate components of peace, security and development and combine academic training and mentoring.
