Nigeria
976 graduates · 2021–2025
Where it all began. Five graduating classes have passed through SPPG Nigeria, with alumni contesting elections and serving in public office nationwide.
About SPPG
A school built to fix politics.
One of three pillars of the #FixPolitics initiative, dedicated to developing a political class of servant leaders and elevating the Office of the Citizen.
Background & philosophy
Why we exist.
The School of Politics, Policy, and Governance is an unconventional school designed to attract, develop and produce a new generation of political leaders who will listen and serve the new class of citizens who know their rights.
Founded in 2021, SPPG has already graduated four cohorts of competent leaders, many of whom are actively shaping the country's political and governance landscape.
SPPG emerged in recognition of the dismal performance of public leadership in Africa: despite its wealth of natural and human resources, the continent continues to lag behind other regions on most measurable indicators of human and economic development. Central to this underperformance is politics, specifically a culture of leadership that subverts the public good by elevating personal and parochial interests above the collective wellbeing of citizens. SPPG is integral to the #FixPolitics mission: to elevate the Office of the Citizen to its rightful place, and to develop a political class of servant leaders.
A new political order
From research in Berlin to classrooms across Africa.
The absence of good governance is the greatest obstacle to Africa's economic development.
The School of Politics, Policy & Governance was a product of research at the Robert Bosch Academy. In 2019, Dr Obiageli "Oby" Ezekwesili invited leading intellectuals to Berlin to discuss how Africa could establish a new political order. #FixPolitics recognises that a vast majority of African countries share the same developmental obstacles, and that whether it is 2020 or 2060, nothing about Africa changes without a transformation of its politics.
SPPG at the Africa Conference
Founded by Dr Oby Ezekwesili
Leadership by example.
SPPG was founded in 2021 by Dr Obiageli "Oby" Ezekwesili, a public policy expert and reformer, alongside a collegiate of competent, passionate, reform-minded individuals.
Together they set out to build a massive base and pipeline of a new and disruptive-thinking political class, equipped with value-driven character, unquestionable competence and undeniable capacity to serve.
One school, many nations
SPPG across Africa.
A pan-African movement for value-based leadership, rooted in each country it serves.
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Senegal
47 graduates · Class of 2025
SPPG's first Francophone chapter, delivered in partnership with Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, extending the model to the wider West African region.
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Kenya
55 graduates · Class of 2026
SPPG's East African expansion, bringing the disruptive-thinking leadership programme to a new community of reformers. Its first cohort graduated in July 2026.
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Ghana
Fourth country in the rollout
Continuing SPPG's growth across West Africa, extending the model to a fourth national community of reformers.
Vision
A Nigeria, and by extension an Africa, with competent and responsible public leadership, firmly grounded in ethical principles and dedicated to serving the common good for the benefit of all.
Mission
To educate present and future leaders who are dedicated to the good of the nation and ready to serve as stewards of the well-being of Nigerians and Africans.
Core values
The three C's.
SPPG's values and its defining framework of character, competence and capacity are mutually reinforcing, shaping every dimension of the institution, from student recruitment and curriculum design to alumni engagement and partnership.
Value 01
Character
Ethical formation and leadership credibility.
Value 02
Competence
Understanding governance at every level and context.
Value 03
Capacity
The practical ability to execute, communicate, analyse and lead.
The five core values
- Accountability
- Respect and Tolerance
- Stewardship and Responsibility
- Social Justice and Inclusiveness
- Ethical Leadership integrity, honesty, rule of law
Our model
Six things that make SPPG unlike any other school.
Top talent
A highly selective class of reform-minded students with a demonstrated commitment to public leadership.
Unconventional curriculum
7 themes, 26 modules and 140+ topics, opening with a one-month acculturation program.
Elite training approach
Hybrid, high-intensity learning with a group peer-to-peer assessment model found nowhere else.
World-class faculty
Practitioners and academics of proven character, competence and capacity.
Public Leaders Network
A lifelong, co-managed platform (SPLN) keeping graduates connected and growing.
Run to Win & Govern Good
The mandate doesn't end at graduation, it begins there.
Who attends SPPG?
Five kinds of leader.
01 · Future office-holders
Those who intend to run, from councilors and LGA chairs to legislators, governors and president.
02 · Inside government
Policy makers, ministers, support staff and special advisers to elected officials.
03 · Advisers & consultants
Those advising government and civil society on politics and policy.
04 · Private & non-profit
Professionals in media, finance, legal, healthcare and education who interface with government.
05 · Engaged citizens
Aspiring advocates who want to become skilled at engaging with government.
Ready to lead differently?
Join a generation of value-based, disruptive leaders serving the common good.