Governing in an Age of Complexity
East Africa Governance and Leadership Summit (EAGLES)
A boardroom-level forum for senior leaders responsible for the direction, governance and resilience of institutions across East Africa.
Kigali Marriott Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda | 3rd - 4th February 2027
Senior Leaders are not short of information. they are short of space to think.
EAGLES brings together a curated group of board chairs, directors, chief executives, governance professionals, regulators and institutional leaders for two days of serious conversation about how leadership and governance need to respond to a more complex operating environment.
The question is not simply whether leaders have the information.
It is whether they have the space, perspective and peer challenge to exercise good judgement with it.
Why this Summit?
Why now?
The conditions around the boardroom are changing.
Leaders are making decisions amid economic pressure, geopolitical uncertainty, technology and AI, changing regulation, stakeholder expectations and new forms of institutional risk.
These pressures increasingly intersect.
A decision that begins as a governance question can quickly become a technology, reputation, regulatory or institutional resilience question.
EAGLES creates space to examine those questions with peers facing similar pressures across different institutions and markets.
Join the EAGLES room
Early bird – $395
Deadline – October 30th, 2026
Standard – $495
Late – $595
Public Sector/NGO – $350
Group Offers Available
Who Attends?
Who is in the room matters.
EAGLES puts the quality of the room and the conversation at the centre of the Summit.
The Summit creates space for:
Peer exchange
Compare how other leaders are approaching similar questions.
Challenge
Test assumptions and examine decisions from different perspectives.
Reflection
Step outside day-to-day pressure and consider what changing conditions require.
Practical discussion
Take questions and perspectives back into your boardroom or executive team.
Participants are individuals with direct responsibility for strategy, governance, and institutional performance.
Who should be in the room?
EAGLES is for leaders with direct responsibility for strategy, governance and institutional performance.
- Board Chairs & Non-Executive Directors
- Chief Executives & Senior Executives
- Governance & Company Secretaries
- Board Committee Chairs
- Senior Public Sector & Regulatory Leaders
- Founders & Leaders of Family-Owned Enterprises
What will you leave with?
Take better questions back to the boardroom.
Over two days, participants will:
- Test assumptions with peers
- Compare approaches across institutions and markets
- Examine emerging risks and opportunities
- Challenge how governance needs to evolve
- Gain perspectives they can take into board and executive discussions
- Build relationships that continue beyond the Summit
East Africa
One region. Different institutions. Connected questions.
The issues shaping institutions do not stop at national borders.
EAGLES brings leaders from East Africa into a common conversation about governance, leadership, institutional resilience and the choices shaping organizations and markets.
Convenors
co-convened by:
Strategic Communications & Knowledge Partner
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