From reputation to reality: examining health, governance, artificial intelligence, creative industries, and economic reform.
Key thematic discussions driving policy, governance, and structural transformation.
Can Nigeria convert its diaspora talent and market into a competitive, domestically trusted health economy?
Core Question: Why does Nigeria train world-class practitioners while spending heavily on offshore medical tourism, and how can we establish regionally competitive centers of medical excellence?
Navigating policy, regulatory enforcement, and AI tools for the 60%+ informal economy.
Core Question: Moving past paper strategies toward establishing accountable governance bodies while ensuring AI serves grassroots productivity and Nigerian businesses.
Credit upgrades, sovereign reserves, and fiscal reforms versus persistent perception lags.
Core Question: Why improving credit ratings and external reserves fail to instantly shift perception, and how a funded communication strategy must accompany structural fixes.
Afrobeats, Nollywood, and fashion proved cultural dominance. Can we capture the financial value?
Core Question: Solving IP protection, creative financing, and institutional export infrastructure so creators retain revenue within the country.
Security as the foundational precondition for agriculture, business, and public trust.
Core Question: Rebuilding the social contract between citizens and institutions to make safety, judicial integrity, and civil services standard reality.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR GCON served as Nigeria's president from 2010 to 2015 and was the first incumbent president to concede defeat in an election, ensuring a peaceful transition of power. He previously served as vice president under Umaru Musa Yar'Adua from 2007 to 2010. His presidency and public service focused on economic development, energy, and infrastructure.
Join policymakers, industry pioneers, and thought leaders on 21st November 2026 at NAF Conference Center, Kado, Abuja. Attendance is free, but registration is mandatory.
The Paul Alaje Colloquium (TPAC) convenes leaders across public policy, business, academia, and civil society to interrogate structural bottlenecks and chart actionable pathways for Nigeria and Africa.
Building on the momentum of the 2025 edition—which gathered over 500 delegates and 80 institutions to tackle economic pathways from poverty toward shared prosperity—TPAC 2026 centers on "The Brand Nigeria".
Rather than treating national identity as mere PR, the 2026 colloquium examines the lived reality behind the brand: reversing the health paradox, governing emerging artificial intelligence for the informal majority, unlocking capital for our creative economy, and rebuilding trust in governance and state security.
"The day Nigeria wakes up, Africa will arise from its slumber."— Prof. P.L.O. Lumumba, TPAC 2025 Keynote
Moving from an economy that exports its best talent to one that domesticates value, innovation, and civic trust.
Empowering students and emerging scholars to contribute research-driven perspectives to the Brand Nigeria dialogue.
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Submit Essay Online →"The Brand Nigeria, Beyond the Negative Narratives: Examining the Role of Governance, Innovation, Culture, and Citizens' Responsibility in Shaping Nigeria's Brand and Global Perception."
Word limit: 2,500 – 3,000 words"The Brand Nigeria: From Potential to Global Recognition — How Can Education, Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Creativity Help Strengthen Nigeria's Global Brand?"
Word limit: 2,500 – 3,000 words"The Brand Nigeria Starts With Me: How Can Good Character, Patriotism, Hard Work, and Innovation Help Build Nigeria's Image and Reputation?"
Word limit: 1,000 – 1,500 wordsPioneers, sector analysts, and leaders speaking across our five core tracks.
Health
Leading discussions on turning brain drain into health capital, reversing healthcare spending flight, and scaling regional centers of medical excellence.
Health
Leading discussions on turning brain drain into health capital, reversing healthcare spending flight, and scaling regional centers of medical excellence.
Analyzing Nigeria's AI regulatory body constitution, productivity metrics, and tooling designed for the informal majority economy.
Breaking down the gap between improved sovereign credit ratings, external reserves, and international investor risk perceptions.
Addressing domestic value retention for Nigerian music, film, fashion, and digital creators in an evolving global IP landscape.
Evaluating security as the baseline foundation for commerce, civic trust, and state-capacity renewal across Nigeria.
Seasoned anchors, journalists, and policy analysts guiding each of our five colloquium conversations.
Guiding the discussion on Nigeria's health paradox, talent retention strategies, and scaling regional pharmaceutical infrastructure.
Steering deliberations on national AI oversight, algorithmic accountability, and high-impact digital tools for the informal trade workforce.
Facilitating the panel on credit ratings, foreign reserve shifts, fiscal policy continuity, and closing the gap in external investor perceptions.
Snapshots of plenary sessions, delegates, and keynote addresses from our previous gathering. Click any slide to expand.
