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Why Leadership in Africa Must Be Reimagined

Tunde Alabi
Tunde Alabi
July 6, 2026 · 6 min read
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The old models of authority were built for a different continent. A conversation on what leadership looks like when the average leader is 27.

Leadership across the continent is being rewritten by a generation that grew up online, distrustful of hierarchy for its own sake.

What emerges instead is a style of leadership built on transparency, speed, and direct accountability to the people being led.

Tunde Alabi

Tunde Alabi

Writes on power, purpose and the next generation of executives.

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