The African Convening
Masterclass
Nigeria.
Our Africa-focused track. Next up: Abuja, 2026.
The clock is already running.
A high-level, African-focused executive leadership forum
Masterclass Nigeria is our Africa-focused track, convening in a different city as the programme grows, the next edition is in Abuja, Transcorp Hilton. It brings together the top handpicked corporate leaders drawn from both public and private sectors, representing the region's leading companies, alongside high strategic public office holders, support personnel of high-performing C-level leaders, C-level media strategists, C-level crisis management strategists, and internationally focused top executives.
The programme is designed as a closed-door masterclass featuring immersive workshops, keynote conversations, real-life case studies, and panel discussions aimed at equipping participants with world-class strategies in decisive crisis management, immersive reputation and image-building initiatives, and political and personal positioning.
Masterclass Objectives
- Build world-class communication and crisis management strategies, including push-back frameworks, for leaders across every field of endeavour.
- Equip Nigerian leaders with pinpoint crisis management and allied strategies that strengthen both local and global influence.
- Showcase global best practice in leadership communication, adapted for emerging markets.
- Empower participants to safeguard and elevate institutional resilience against the vagaries of unexpected crisis.
The Masterclass Experience
Structured as a premium executive engagement, each session delivers strategic clarity, practical intelligence, leadership-level relevance, and immediate applicability.
Secured Benefits
From the Room
A look at past sessions convened under Masterclass Nigeria, the conversations, the faces, and the moments that shaped the room.
Sexual Relations in the Workplace
A candid, closed-door session confronting one of the most sensitive issues facing modern institutions: power, conduct, and accountability at work.
CEO Masterclass
Chief executives in the room together, working through the decisions and pressures that define leadership at the very top.
A Session With Raymond Njoku
Highlights from a session led by Raymond Njoku, part of the broader Masterclass Nigeria conversation.
A closed-door
programme, reserved for:
- High-powered leaders in public and private sectors, NGOs, multinationals, and leaders with intercontinental aspirations.
- Strategically chosen cognitive leaders drawn from public and private sectors and other areas of human endeavour.
- Select government and institutional players across the three tiers of government and strategic democratic institutions.
- Media titans and influential thought leaders shaping the public narrative, locally and internationally.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON
15th Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Lord Gavin Barwell
Former Chief of Staff to PM Theresa May · UK House of Lords
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
7th Vice President of Ghana, 2017–2025
Dr. Victor Oladokun
Former Director of Communications, African Development Bank
Kola Adesina
Group Managing Director, Sahara Power Group
Folake Ani-Mumuney
Communications Expert · Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Comms, FBN Holdings
Dr. Owen Omogiafo, OON
President / Group CEO, Transcorp Plc
Dr. Nero Ughwujabo
Former Special Adviser to PM Theresa May · The King's Trust
Dr. Yvonne Thompson, CBE, DL, FCL
Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London








