Session Description

From promise to measurable value: a conversation on what coaching is actually delivering in Africa.

Coaching in Africa has matured. The early debate was about understanding and relevance. Over time, as institutions invested more heavily in leadership development, a harder question emerged: after so much capacity building, where is the capacity?

This session moves beyond inspiration into credible, practice-based insight. Three perspectives: professional coaching standards, institutional leadership expectations, and strategy and finance, come together to explore one question: if coaching is working, what value is it creating, and how can that value be seen, felt and measured?

Moderated by Esther Lehmann-Sow (Executive and Systemic Team Coach), with Dumi Magadlela (Leading Global Coach Practitioner and ICF Africa President), Philip Andrew Wabulya (Executive Director Risk and Strategy, Bank of Uganda), Takudzwa Musonza (Chartered Accountant, Investment and Strategy) and Ranjit Bedi (Executive, Team and Organisational Coach).

For institutions, HR leaders and anyone responsible for leadership investment decisions, this is the conversation that has been missing.