Kigali — On the third day of the 49th Annual Meetings for the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 40th Meetings of the African Development Fund (ADF) ongoing in Kigali, leaders discussed the type of leadership that Africa needs. Panelists included President Paul Kagame, Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto, the Chairperson of the AU Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and Mo Ibrahim, the founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Other panelists were former presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria.
All panelist and participants, in their interventions, emphasised that Africa needs a leadership style that strives to include more members of citizenry and pays much attention to their collective interests as well implementing what has been agreed upon.
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