Deadline: May 1, 2025
Applications are open for the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation Public Leaders Programme (AIG PLP) 2025. The AIG Public Leaders Programme (AIG PLP) offers emerging African public sector leaders a unique opportunity to develop their leadership capacity and acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to drive change.
Run in conjunction with the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, the programme offers an immersive, world-class executive education experience, led by some of the world’s leading public policy experts and teachers. The programme is designed to ensure these public leaders, and those moving into senior leadership in the public sector over the next three years, master a range of new skills as quickly as possible. Participants have an unparalleled opportunity to develop the conceptual frameworks and practical tools they need to meet the challenges of today’s rapidly changing and complex world.
The experience is intense and demanding, engaging participants through classroom discussion, practical exercises, simulations, and group work. The programme aims to equip participants with the skills needed to build transformative cultures of excellence, effectiveness, and integrity throughout the public institutions they lead, and across the broader public sector. Their success is their country’s benefit.
Participants work on these critical skills:
- Communicating effectively
- Harnessing digital technology
- Reducing cognitive bias in decision-making
- Strengthening organisational effectiveness
- Maintaining personal integrity
To ensure each participant can get the most out of the programme, ample opportunities are offered to pull together the skills and conceptual frameworks learned in each session, including through project work and group reflection. After weeks of blended teaching, programme participants are given a window of time to develop a capstone project, allowing them to apply key learnings from the programme into their day-to-day work.
Eligibility
- Be citizens of any African country and actively working within the public sector in Africa.
- Have a minimum of seven years of working experience.
- Be at Grade-level 12 and above.
- Age: 35-50 years old.
Application
Application milestones:
- Friday, 21 February 2025: Applications Open
- Thursday, 1 May 2025: Applications Close
- May 2025: Stage 1 – Computer-Based Tests
- 2nd week June 2025: Stage 2 – Essays Submission
- 4th week June 2025: Stage 3 – Video Interview
- August 2025: Final Selection
- October 2025: Programme Commencement
For more information, visit AIG Public Leaders Programme.
