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PRESS RELEASE AFRICAFRANCE LAUNCHES THE PROGRAMME LEAD CAMPUS – GLOBAL LEADERS FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT AfricaFrance is launching an ambitious certifying training programme designed for African leaders from the private, public, and non-profit sectors to support the needs identified on the African continent. A consortium comprised of Sciences Po, the ISM in Dakar, the GSDPP at UCT and the CEFEB will ensure the programme’s operational implementation. This alliance between African and French institutions is aligned with AfricaFrance’s principles of fostering stronger relations between Africa and France based on partnerships and a shared vision. th LeAD Campus - Global Leaders for Africa’s Development was launched on Friday 13 November, in a ceremony presided by Charline Avenel, Secretary General of Sciences Po, Anne Paugam, Executive director of AFD and Jean-Michel Debrat, Executive director of Fondation AfricaFrance ; and in attendance of Sarah Marniesse, development Advisor at the cabinet of Annick Girardin, Minister of state for Development and Francophony and Tony Elumelu, Chairman, United Bank of Africa / Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. The programme will be executed in close collaboration with African and French companies. An educational partnership between France and Africa with a view to developing and promoting an innovative training programme Sciences Po, the Higher Institute of Management in Dakar (ISM) and the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice (GSDPP) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have partnered together to create LeAD Campus Global Leaders for Africa’s Development, in response to a call for proposals issued by AfricaFrance for the creation of an innovative training programme, in Africa and for Africans. They also sought out the expertise of the CEFEB, the corporate university of the French Development Agency (AFD), backed by more than 50 years of experience in delivering training to African decision-makers and executives. LeAD Campus - Global Leaders for Africa’s Development is a degree programme aimed at training “360degree managers” capable of incorporating the challenges related to growth and sustainable development on the African continent into the practices of their companies and organisations. This intensive programme, taught in both French and English, is structured around three key topics specific to Africa: Business, Leadership and Societal Challenges. The one-week sessions will be organised successively in South Africa, Dakar and Paris. In-class training sessions will be complemented by innovative distance learning activities that combine e-learning courses, a business game and language skills enhancement. Throughout the programme, participants will have access to a mentor with an African business background to develop their career path. The first class of 25 participants – who will start the course in April 2016 – will be comprised of high potentials with exceptional career paths, mainly from the private sector. Men and women aged 28 to 40 years, they will reflect the African continent’s great socio-professional diversity and will come from its five major sub-regions: North, West, East, Central and South. The goal is to welcome 50 participants in following years. African and French companies: a key role in the programme’s management and implementation The central role of companies with regard to economic and social development as well as environmental conservation will be at the core of the programme. 14.11.2015 01 PRESS RELEASE African and French companies will provide the programme’s strategic guidance and assist with its implementation by supplying experts, mentors, case studies and site visits. The companies will also be in charge of identifying and registering programme participants. Birth of a programme resting on the shared will to strengthen the capacities of African leaders AfricaFrance was launched in February 2015 as a follow-up to the Elysée Summit for Peace and Security in 1 Africa, held in December 2013 , during which President François Hollande committed to developing a new twoway partnership between France and Africa: “the continent of the future”. AfricaFrance aims to become the community of French and African economic stakeholders – companies, local authorities and civil society organisations – by endeavouring to: 1. Facilitate dialogue between the public and private sectors in France and Africa 2. Promote the development of human capital 3. Enable the transfer of technological expertise and innovation between France and Africa. The programme LeAD Campus: Global Leaders for Africa’s Development, which aims to strengthen African human capital through an executive programme, contributes to the second objective. The French Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Directorate General of the Treasury) will finance the design and launch of the programme, which will eventually become entirely self-funded via the training fees. Selected through a call for proposals, Sciences Po will be the operator in charge of the programme’s implementation, alongside the ISM in Dakar and the GSDPP at UCT. The 1-million-euro contract signed by AFD and Sciences Po represents a portion of the direct public contribution to the project, the total cost of which is estimated at 3 million euros for the first three years. “Training African executives on the continent’s complex realities in relation to development is both a necessity and a priority. It entails designing a specific programme that can only be developed hand-in-hand with African academic partners. This is the stated objective of Lead Campus – Global Leaders for Africa’s Development.” Lionel Zinsou, Chairman of AfricaFrance and Prime Minister of Benin. 1 Based on the reports: “A Partnership for the Future: 15 proposals for building a new economic relationship between Africa and France”, compiled by Hubert Védrine, with Lionel Zinsou, Tidjane Thiam, Jean-Michel Severino and Hakim El Karoui; and “Innovating by mobilising stakeholders: 10 proposals for a new approach to development assistance”, compiled by Emmanuel Faber and Jay Naidoo. 14.11.2015 02 PRESS RELEASE About AfricaFrance The brainchild of a taskforce comprised of Hubert Védrine, Lionel Zinsou, Tidjane Thiam, Jean-Michel Severino and Hakim El Karoui, AfricaFrance’s creation was approved in December 2013 at the Elysée Summit for Peace and Security and was ratified in February 2015 by the French and African Heads of State at the Franco-African Forum for Shared Growth. AfricaFrance brings together governments, companies, local authorities, non-profit organisations, education and research establishments, both African and French, with the objective of renewing economic relations between France and the African continent in order to promote shared, sustainable and inclusive growth. www.africafrance.org Press Contact: Marion SCAPPATICCI Director of Communications [email protected] Tel: +33 (0)6 44 20 90 32 About Sciences Po Executive Education Over the past 40 years, Sciences Po Executive Education has been assisting French and international stakeholders from both the public and the private sectors in their drive to transform and develop. The programme draws its specificity from a rich diversity of knowledge and approaches, combined with a strong tradition of educational innovation rooted in professional reality. Sciences Po Executive Education offers 120 training programmes (degree-awarding, certificates and short courses) in four areas of expertise: Public Affairs & Regulation; Strategy, Leadership & Governance; Digital & Media Communications; and Personal Efficiency & coaching. “At Sciences Po Executive Education, we go beyond lectures to place the emphasis on action. Our objective is to balance the intellectual innovation inherent to Sciences Po with the practical needs and prospects for change of companies and public stakeholders.” Nicolas Péjout, Director of Sciences Po Executive Education Press Contacts: Muriel Dubois Programme Manager [email protected] Tel: +33 (0)1 45 49 63 34 Caroline Allain Press Relations Manager [email protected] Tel: +33 (0)1 45 49 72 98 About the Higher Institute of Management (ISM) in Dakar Founded in 1992, ISM is a key player in higher education in Africa. As the leading business school in Frenchspeaking sub-Saharan Africa, ISM has trained, since its inception, some 15,000 leaders from nearly 30 countries. The training offered covers all cycles of higher education (Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD). In addition to delivering training programmes in management sciences, ISM also offers, via several specialised institutions, courses in business law, applied computer sciences and political sciences. With antenna institutions established in 10 cities located throughout Senegal, ISM constitutes the country’s largest national network of higher education. ISM is a member of the leading African and international academic networks (AABS, CAMES, AUF, EFMD, AACSB, etc.) and works in close partnership with several universities and educational establishments worldwide. Press Contact: Idrissa Mbengue Directeur associé [email protected] Tel : (00.221) 776 538 426 14.11.2015 03 PRESS RELEASE About the GSDPP (Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice) at UCT (University of Cape Town) Since its inception in 2011, the GSDPP at the University of Cape Town has been committed to identifying and mentoring emerging leaders. GSDPP offers training and scholarship in strategic public leadership in Africa and our academic programmes are aimed specifically at senior government officials. The School hosts four main programmes: • A Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Programme in Development Policy and Practice for public sector managers. • The Building Bridges Programme, which connects political leaders and policy experts across Africa to deepen understanding around key challenges facing the continent. • Executive Short Courses on public policy and leadership for senior public officials, non-profit leaders and business leaders. • Innovative Research on governance and development in Africa. Two of Africa’s top economics thinkers serve as Senior Fellows: Professor Thandika Mkandawire, Chair of African Development at the London School of Economics and Visiting Professor at UCT and Trevor Manuel, former South African Minister of Finance, and Honorary Professor at UCT. GSDPP’s teaching staff are largely practitioners with extensive experience in the public, non-profit and/or private sectors. The GSDPP is well placed to promote scholarship on African experiences of development policy and practice, and to shape discourses that are based on continental realities. Press Contact: Karen Williams Media Consultant [email protected] South Africa: +27-78 624 0753 Thailand: +66-800 495 474 About AFD A public institution that plays a pivotal role in France’s cooperation policy, the French Development Agency (AFD) has been working for 70 years to reduce poverty and promote development in countries in the South. Through subsidies, loans, guarantee funds as well as debt-reduction and development contracts, AFD finances projects, programmes and studies while supporting the capacity-building efforts of its partners in the South. PROPARCO, AFD’s private-sector arm, provides funding and assistance for the projects of companies and financial institutions in emerging and developing countries. The mission of the CEFEB (Centre for Financial, Economic and Banking Studies), AFD’s corporate university, is to transfer knowledge and showcase the best practices essential to the development-related activities of the players in the AFD ecosystem. As a tool to promote change, the CEFEB aims to build the capacities of individuals and organisations. Its activities centre on three methods of action: degree and skills-training programmes, discussions with development stakeholders, and promoting French expertise. Press Contact: Vincent Douillet Educational Project Manager [email protected] Tel: +33 (0)4 91 13 17 67 14.11.2015 04