Moghalu to deliver keynote at conference of African speakers of parliament in Morocco

Kingsley Moghalu, President of the IGET Academy and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is set to deliver a keynote address at the 3rd General Assembly of the Conference of Speakers and Presidents of African Legislatures (CoSPAL).

The gathering will be held in Rabat, Morocco, from 12 to 14 December 2025.

Hosted by the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco, this year’s assembly will convene under the theme “Legislative Leadership and Parliamentary Diplomacy in a Changing Global Order.”

Moghalu has been invited to address the CoSPAL High-Level Dialogue on Friday, 12 December, where he will speak on “Securing Africa’s Economy for the Future: The Role of Legislative Leadership.”

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In its invitation letter signed by Dr Dapo Oyewole, Secretary-General of the pan-African organisation, CoSPAL stated: “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’.”

The session will examine the structural vulnerabilities of African economies amid global shifts and explore legislative instruments required to drive industrialisation and strengthen the continent’s economic sovereignty.

Established in 2020, CoSPAL is a pan-African inter-parliamentary body that brings together Speakers and Presidents of African national parliaments to craft legislative pathways addressing continental challenges.

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The organisation comprises 25 member parliaments, including Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The current chairman is Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament.

Professor Moghalu, a globally recognised political economist and former presidential candidate, previously served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 2009 to 2014.

He has held senior academic positions at Tufts and Oxford universities and served as the inaugural President and Vice-Chancellor of the African School of Governance in Kigali, Rwanda. Before that, he spent 17 years in the United Nations system, rising to the rank of Director.

He is the founder of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET Academy), a public policy think tank offering executive education to African leaders. Moghalu also leads Sogato Strategies, a Washington DC-based risk and business intelligence advisory firm.