Forging Leaders Who Shape Africa

We are the premier executive education institution dedicated to building strategic, ethical, and system-level leaders capable of navigating complexity, shaping institutions, and driving Africa’s long-term transformation.

Beyond Best Practice. Built for Reality.

Our programs go beyond imported models to equip executives with the strategic judgment, contextual intelligence, and execution capability required to lead in volatile, high-stakes African environments.

From Position to Power. From Role to Legacy.

We develop leaders who influence policy, govern institutions, command stakeholder trust, and leave enduring legacies — not just impressive résumés.

Global Rigor. African Intelligence.

Our faculty, curriculum, and standards are globally benchmarked — and decisively grounded in Africa’s political, economic, and institutional realities.

About Us

Africa’s premier executive education and leadership development ecosystem

For Africa’s visionary leaders, CEOs, and senior executives, CEO Academy Africa is more than a school—it is the continent’s premier executive development ecosystem. We exist to elevate leadership impact, sharpen strategic judgment, and cultivate lasting influence, blending global best practices with deep African insights to empower leaders to navigate complexity, drive organizational growth, and shape Africa’s future.

Through holistic, end-to-end solutions, CEO Academy Africa enables leaders to transform themselves, their organizations, and the broader African leadership landscape. Our fully integrated ecosystem combines immersive executive education, corporate training, personalized coaching, online learning platforms, thought leadership content, strategic advisory, peer networks, and executive wellness experiences, ensuring leaders are equipped to make bold decisions, lead with clarity, and deliver lasting impact.

By setting the standard for executive development in Africa, CEO Academy Africa is not just preparing leaders to succeed—it is redefining what leadership in Africa looks like, creating a new benchmark for excellence, influence, and sustainable growth across the continent.

Redefining Leadership for Africa’s Boldest Minds

At CEO Academy Africa, we equip visionary leaders to think bigger, act smarter, and shape Africa’s future.
This is where strategy meets courage, insight meets action, and leaders become architects of change.

Select the Learning Path That Will Shape Your Legacy and Your Organization’s Future.

Explore Our Training Categories

We equip executives with the insight, rigor, and judgment to turn vision into execution and complexity into sustained advantage.

We equip executives with the judgment, influence, and people leadership capability to build accountable, high-performing organizations.

We develop the self-mastery, judgment, and resilience executives need to lead with clarity, credibility, and sustained impact.

We develop executives who can lead narratives, mobilize stakeholders, and drive meaningful change through presence, clarity, and conviction.

Our Executive Education and Mini-MBAs sharpen strategic thinking, accelerate career growth, and convert learning into action at scale.

Adaptable Learning Experiences That Put You in Control of Your Growth.

choose the format that suits you best

Classroom Training
Immersive, In-Person Training Designed to Develop Leaders, Strengthen Teams, Foster Collaboration, and Deliver Impact Across Your Organization.
Online Training
Bespoke, Results-Driven Learning Delivered to Your Organization, Aligned with Your Strategy, Culture, and Key Business Priorities.
In-House Training
Customized, High-Impact Learning Directly To Your Organization, Tailored To Your Strategic Objectives, Culture, And Business Challenges.

Why We Exist

We are Africa’s premier executive education and leadership development ecosystem, supporting senior leaders at pivotal moments by strengthening strategic judgment, decisiveness, and system-level leadership capability—driving measurable impact at the individual, team, organizational, societal, and continental levels.

Upcoming Programs - Executive Masterclasses (March 2026)

Leadership Training Program | Dates: 11th – 13th | Venue: Eka Hotel | investment Kshs. 75,500 (+VAT)

The Executive Architect™: Designing Winning Business Models for Strategic Growth

In today’s environment of disruption, complexity, and accelerated decision cycles, effective business model design is critical for sustaining competitive advantage. This intensive executive programme equips senior leaders with the frameworks, tools, and strategic perspectives required to design, test, and evolve business models that deliver long-term value. Participants will learn to integrate strategy, value creation, operating logic, and execution into coherent, resilient, and future-ready business models.

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Lead Facilitator

Upcoming Programs - Executive Masterclasses (March 2026)

Leadership Development Program

| Dates: 18th – 20th | Venue: Eka Hotel | investment Kshs. 75,500 (+VAT)

The Executive Pivot™: Building Strategic Agility for Executive Leadership in Uncertain Times

In today’s VUCA environment—characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—traditional long-cycle strategy is insufficient for sustained advantage. Leaders who thrive are those who can sense early, decide decisively, and reconfigure strategy continuously. The Executive Pivot™ equips senior executives with the mindset, frameworks, and governance mechanisms needed to adapt strategy in real time, while maintaining coherence, alignment, and performance. Participants will gain the tools to anticipate change, respond effectively, and embed agility as a core leadership capability.

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Bob Kalili

Lead Facilitator

Upcoming Programs - Executive Masterclasses (March 2026)

Leadership Development Program | Dates: 25th – 27th | Venue: Eka Hotel | investment Kshs. 75,500 (+VAT) 

The Executive Shadowline™: Executive Shadow Work for Mastering Leadership Presence and Impact

At senior leadership levels, unexamined patterns often drive the most significant risks and missed opportunities. The Leadership Shadow™ encompasses the unconscious beliefs, emotional triggers, and habitual behaviors that influence decisions, relationships, and organizational climate. The Executive Shadowline™ is a deeply reflective yet practical programme that enables senior executives to surface, understand, and integrate these hidden dynamics. Participants learn to transform blind spots into sources of maturity, authority, and grounded leadership. This is not therapy—it is a rigorous executive-level pathway to self-mastery and sustained leadership impact.

authority, and grounded leadership. This is not therapy. It is executive-level self-mastery.

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Lead Facilitator

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Explore Our Tiers – In-Company Training Plans

Basic: The Strategic Foundation plan

$ 1,500 / 1 Day Engagement

  • The Executive Leadership Architecture
  • The Leadership System Alignment Diagnostic
  • The Executive Decision & Execution Laboratory
  • The Performance & Accountability Architecture
  • The Leadership & Culture Enablement Forum
  • The Executive Transformation Blueprint™
Standard: The Leadership Excellence Plan

$ 2,000 / 2 Days Engagement

  • The Executive Leadership Architecture
  • The Leadership System Alignment Diagnostic
  • The Executive Decision & Execution Laboratory
  • The Performance & Accountability Architecture
  • The Leadership & Culture Enablement Forum
  • The Executive Transformation Blueprint™
Premium: The Leadership & Enterprise Impact Plan

$ 3,000 / 3 Days Engagement

  • The Executive Leadership Architecture
  • The Leadership System Alignment Diagnostic
  • The Executive Decision & Execution Laboratory
  • The Performance & Accountability Architecture
  • The Leadership & Culture Enablement Forum
  • The Executive Transformation Blueprint™

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