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What Makes Employees Stay?
What Makes Employees Stay? Expert Attributes Retention To Culture, Empathy, And Flexibility
In this Channels TV feature, Muki Osaka, Director of Enterprises at Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, explores the role of culture, empathy and flexibility in building workplaces where people feel valued, supported and motivated to stay.
A Conversation on Leadership and Building to Last
A Conversation on Leadership and Building to Last
Our Chairman, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, engaged young leaders from the World Economic Forum in a conversation on leadership, institution-building and Africa's future.
Janet Ayandokun
Janet Ayandokun
For Janet Ayandokun, leadership development is about equipping public-sector leaders to grow, take responsibility and drive meaningful change. As a Programmes Analyst (Leadership Development), She reflects on what makes her work rewarding and how it has shaped her view of public-sector reform
Enhancing Digital Transformation in Public Service: Our 2026 Aig-Imoukhuede MPP Scholar
Enhancing Digital Transformation in Public Service: Our 2026 Aig-Imoukhuede MPP Scholar
Joy Ugonma Olayiwola, Assistant Director at the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) takes on a new frontier as our 2026 Aig-Imoukhuede Master of Public Policy (MPP) Scholar at the University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government, where she will explore how policy can drive digital transformation in Nigeria's public service.
Rethinking Medical Education in Nigeria: Our 2026 Aig-Imoukhuede Visiting Fellow
Rethinking Medical Education in Nigeria: Our 2026 Aig-Imoukhuede Visiting Fellow
Professor Fatima Kyari, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and our 2026 Aig-Imoukhuede Visiting Fellow, will spend the next six months at the University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government exploring this question, treating the rapid growth of the country's medical schools as a public sector reform challenge.
74 Public Servants. Eight Countries: The Aig-Imoukhuede Public Leaders Programme
74 Public Servants. Eight Countries: The Aig-Imoukhuede Public Leaders Programme
Seventy-four public servants from eight African countries have begun a six-month journey that will shape how they lead reform in their institutions. Find out who they are, what they will learn at the University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government, and the change they are preparing to lead.
Preserving Lessons for the Future of Public Service
Preserving Lessons for the Future of Public Service
Reforms last when lessons from experience are preserved and passed on. Our Chairman, Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR, joined distinguished guests at the launch of two books reflecting on leadership, public service and institutional reform.
African Business Magazine Puts the Spotlight on Institution-Building
African Business Magazine Puts the Spotlight on Institution-Building
In this month's profile for African Business Magazine, our Chairman, Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR, speaks candidly with editor Anver Versi about the difference between entrepreneurial success and institution-building, and why he believes Africa's development challenge is less a shortage of ideas than a shortage of institutions capable of turning them into results.
Building State Capacities: From Ambition to Action
Building State Capacities: From Ambition to Action
Why do some governments deliver on their promises while others fall short, even with similar resources? Our Executive Vice Chair joined experts to explore what it takes to build state capacity and turn policy ambition into results.
Seyi Makanjuola
Seyi Makanjuola
For Seyi Makanjuola, communications is more than sharing information; it is about helping people understand why development work matters. As a Public Relations and Communications Analyst, he shares what he finds most rewarding about his role and how it has shaped his view of public-sector reform.
Emily Aig-Imoukhuede Endowment Fund: Rewarding Public Sector Excellence
Emily Aig-Imoukhuede Endowment Fund: Rewarding Public Sector Excellence
Building a world-class public service goes beyond reforms and policies; it is also about the people behind those reforms. Through our partnership with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), we continue to reward exceptional civil servants through the Emily Aig-Imoukhuede Endowment Fund for Public Sector Excellence.
Supporting Digital Transformation at SERVICOM
Supporting Digital Transformation at SERVICOM
As part of our ongoing support for the deployment of an Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS) at the SERVICOM National Office, we held a sensitisation session to help staff understand the system, its benefits, and the practical steps needed for a successful rollout.
Designing AI Systems That Work for Everyone
Designing AI Systems That Work for Everyone
AI is transforming financial services, yet it is often trained on data that fails to reflect women's financial realities. What will it take to ensure these systems expand opportunity rather than deepen existing inequalities?
Beyond Monuments: Our Theory of Change
Beyond Monuments: Our Theory of Change
In an op-ed titled "A Theory of Change for Africa: Why We Build Systems, Not Monuments," our Chairman and Executive Vice Chair make the case that sustainable change in Africa will not come from one-off solutions to the challenges on the continent, but from investing in the people who can repair the systems that produce those challenges.
Izuoma Ogwuma
Izuoma Ogwuma
Izuoma leads the Human Resources team at the Foundation. She tells us about her work and what she finds most rewarding about it. “What I find most rewarding is seeing people policies stop being paperwork and start shaping how people experience work here; how supported, valued, and set up to succeed they feel,” she says.
Courtesy Visit: Building Partnerships that Make Lasting Reform Possible
Courtesy Visit: Building Partnerships that Make Lasting Reform Possible
A delegation led by our Executive Vice Chair, Mrs Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede, paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr Bode Agoro, to discuss how we can support the reform efforts of our alumni in the state.
Driving Sustainable Development Through Diaspora Philanthropy
Driving Sustainable Development Through Diaspora Philanthropy
How can diaspora philanthropy support sustainable development in Nigeria? FP Analytics, the research arm of Foreign Policy, went looking for answers and featured our work as one of six global case studies in their findings.
Policy Development in the Nigerian Civil Service: Learning to Leading:
Policy Development in the Nigerian Civil Service: Learning to Leading: A Paper on Rethinking Nigeria's Policy Challenge
Nigeria's policy failures are often blamed on poor implementation. However, evidence suggests the problem starts much earlier. Following a three-day Policy Writing and Review Workshop for Civil Service Directors, we examined some of the barriers to policy effectiveness in Nigeria.
Zidyeb Madaki
Zidyeb Madaki
“My work at the Foundation has deepened my appreciation for the complexity of public sector reform and the importance of long-term commitment to change. This experience has strengthened my belief that meaningful transformation is possible when the right systems, people, and partnerships are in place,” says our Gap Closer of the month
2026 International Civil Service Conference: From Reform to Results
2026 International Civil Service Conference: From Reform to Results
We returned as Diamond Partners at the second edition of the International Civil Service Conference (ICSC) in Abuja, joining public sector leaders and global partners to examine what it takes to move from reform ambition to real results.