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Kingsley Moghalu, a political economist and former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been appointed by the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS) as Chairman of its advisory and executive boards.

APSS is a pan-African, private sector-led non-profit organisation that promotes trade and investment in Africa and headquartered in Accra, Ghana.

Moghalu was a Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts, USA. He worked in the United Nations System for 17 years, rising to the rank of Director. Moghalu is the CEO of Sogato Strategies LLC, a macroeconomic, investment, and geopolitical risk consultancy, and the President of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), a public policy think tank. He is also the author of several books including Emerging Africa: How The Global Economy’s Last Frontier Can Proper and Matter.

"The Africa Private Sector Summit is delighted to welcome Kingsley Moghalu as its new Board Chair," said Judson Wendell Addy, founder and outgoing Chairman of APSS, a Liberian-born citizen and a retired international business entrepreneur. Mr. Addy said Moghalu brings his international leadership experience, credibility, and networks to help advance the goals of the organisation.

The APSS is leading the continent’s private sector and other stakeholders to develop a Private Sector Bill of Rights for an enabling business environment in Africa.

"I am honoured to have been invited to Chair the Board of APSS", Moghalu said in his statement reacting to his appointment. "In collaboration with board colleagues and the executive leadership team, I will work hard with African companies, and other stakeholders including governments and international organizations to advance the critical role of the private sector in the structural transformation of African economies in the context of the of Africa’s economic integration and African Union's Agenda 2063, our collective journey to the Africa we want".