President of the IGET Academy and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Kingsley Moghalu OON, will deliver a keynote address to the 3rd General Assembly of the Conference of Speakers and Presidents of African Legislatures (CoSPAL) scheduled to take place in Rabat, Morocco from December 12-14, 2025. CoSPAL’s 3rd General Assembly, hosted by the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco, will convene on the theme of “Legislative Leadership and Parliamentary Diplomacy in a Changing Global Order”.
Professor Moghalu was invited to address the CoSPAL High Level Dialogue on Friday, December 12 on the topic “Securing Africa’s Economy for the Future: The Role of Legislative Leadership”. “As the global order undergoes profound transformation, the High-Level Dialogue provides a platform for some of Africa’s and the world’s foremost experts to engage with legislative leaders on critical issues shaping Africa’s future. In recognition of your expertise in governance, economic transformation and institutional leadership, we would be honored to have you deliver an address titled “Securing Africa’s Economy for the Future: The Role of Legislative Leadership”, CoSPAL stated in its letter of invitation to Prof Moghalu signed by Dr. Dapo Oyewole, Secretary-General of the pan-African organization.” The session will explore the structural vulnerabilities of African economies in light of global economic transformations and examine legislative instruments necessary to drive industrialization and secure Africa’s economic sovereignty”.
The CoSPAL is an indigenous pan-African inter-parliamentary organization established in 2020 as a unifying body for legislative leadership of African member parliaments to devise legislative solutions that address Africa’s challenges. It has 25 member parliaments of African countries represented by their Speakers/Presidents. Members include: Algeria, Benin Republic, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, is the current Chairman of CoSPAL.
Professor Moghalu is a global leader, renowned political economist, former presidential candidate, and a distinguished international speaker. He served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 2009 to 2014, subsequently held senior teaching faculty and research roles at Tufts and Oxford Universities, and served as Inaugural President and Vice-Chancellor of the African School of Governance in Kigali, Rwanda. Prior, he had a 17-year career in the United Nations system, rising to the highest career bracket of Director. He is the Founder of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET Academy), a public policy think tank that provides executive education to Africa’s political, institutional and business leaders and their international partners. He is also the Founder of Sogato Strategies, a Washington DC-based risk and business intelligence advisory firm.
