President Pierre Nkurunziza - BurundiAttended primary school in Ngozi province and secondary school in Kitega
University of Burundi -he majored in education and sports.
President Sir Anerood Jugnauth, KCMG, QC - Mauritius
Trained and worked in law and took an active role in the 1960s negotiations for independence. Called to the Bar in London in 1954
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - Liberia
College of West Africa, in Monrovia,
BA in Accounting at Madison Business College in Madison, Wisconsin
Diploma at the Economics Institute at the University of Colorado
Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Harvard University
President Colonel (ret.) James Alix Michel - Seychelles
Trained as teacher later got involved in the booming tourism industry
President Pedro Pires - Cape Verde
Elementary and secondary education at S. Filipe, Praia and S.Vicente.
In 1956 he left to Portugal to attend Lisbon University of Sciences. However, before concluding his degree, he was called to serve in the Portuguese Air Force as an officer.
King Mswati III a.k.a. Makhosetive - Kingdom of Swaziland
Masundwini Primary School and Lozitha Palace School. He sat for the Swaziland Primary Certificate examination in December 1982 at Phondo Royal Residence, First Class with merit in Mathematics and English.
Mswati is the first young cadet to join the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF).
Sherborne School, England
President José Eduardo dos Santos - Angola
He was awarded a scholarship in 1963 to study in the Soviet Union where he received a degree in petroleum engineering. Upon graduation in 1969, he stayed in the Soviet Union to continue his studies in Communications.
University of Burundi -he majored in education and sports.
President Sir Anerood Jugnauth, KCMG, QC - MauritiusTrained and worked in law and took an active role in the 1960s negotiations for independence. Called to the Bar in London in 1954
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - LiberiaBA in Accounting at Madison Business College in Madison, Wisconsin
Diploma at the Economics Institute at the University of Colorado
Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Harvard University
President Colonel (ret.) James Alix Michel - SeychellesTrained as teacher later got involved in the booming tourism industry
President Pedro Pires - Cape VerdeElementary and secondary education at S. Filipe, Praia and S.Vicente.
In 1956 he left to Portugal to attend Lisbon University of Sciences. However, before concluding his degree, he was called to serve in the Portuguese Air Force as an officer.
King Mswati III a.k.a. Makhosetive - Kingdom of SwazilandMasundwini Primary School and Lozitha Palace School. He sat for the Swaziland Primary Certificate examination in December 1982 at Phondo Royal Residence, First Class with merit in Mathematics and English.
Mswati is the first young cadet to join the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF).
Sherborne School, England
President Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi - Libya
Gadafi received Traditional religious primary education and attended the Sebha preparatory school in Fezzan and was later expelled for his political activism.
Law at the University of Libya, where he graduated with high grades.
Military Academy in Benghazi in 1963
British Army Staff College, now the Joint Services Command and Staff College
Gadafi received Traditional religious primary education and attended the Sebha preparatory school in Fezzan and was later expelled for his political activism.
Law at the University of Libya, where he graduated with high grades.
Military Academy in Benghazi in 1963
British Army Staff College, now the Joint Services Command and Staff College
President José Eduardo dos Santos - AngolaHe was awarded a scholarship in 1963 to study in the Soviet Union where he received a degree in petroleum engineering. Upon graduation in 1969, he stayed in the Soviet Union to continue his studies in Communications.
President Isaias Afewerki - EritreaEngineering at Haile Selassie I University (now Addis Ababa University)
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - Equatorial Guinea
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - Equatorial GuineaAttended the Military Academy in Zaragoza, Spain.
President João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira - Guinea Bissau
Trained as an Electrician
President João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira - Guinea BissauTrained as an Electrician
President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed - Somalia
President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé - TogoSecondary education in Lomé
Degree in financial business management Sorbonne, Paris
Master of Business Administration degree The George Washington University United States.
President Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni - Benin
Degree in financial business management Sorbonne, Paris
Master of Business Administration degree The George Washington University United States.
President Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni - BeninEducated in Parakou, and later studied economics at the National University of Benin.
He studied banking at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal, and later economics and politics at the University of Orléans in France and at Paris University, where he completed a doctorate in economics in 1976.
President General (ret.) Amadou Toumani Touré - Mali
He studied banking at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal, and later economics and politics at the University of Orléans in France and at Paris University, where he completed a doctorate in economics in 1976.
President General (ret.) Amadou Toumani Touré - MaliPrimary school in Mopti,
Badalabougou Standard Secondary School in Bamako in order to become a teacher
Joined the army and attended the Kita Inter-Military College.
President Colonel (ret.) Tandja Mamadou - Niger
Badalabougou Standard Secondary School in Bamako in order to become a teacher
Joined the army and attended the Kita Inter-Military College.
President Colonel (ret.) Tandja Mamadou - Niger
President Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe - South AfricaAttended the Anglican Missionary school now known as Pholoso Primary and matriculated from Orlando High School in Meadowlands, Soweto
President Paul Kagame - Rwanda
Attended Ntare Secondary School in Uganda
Attended Ntare Secondary School in Uganda
President Blaise Compaoré - Burkina FasoEcole primaire à Guiloungou (Ziniaré)
Bachelier de l'enseignement secondaire, série D
Presdient Ismaïl Omar Guelleh - DjboutiHighest level of formal education attained -secondary school
President Girma Wolde-Giorgis - EthiopiaAttended an Ethiopian Orthodox Church school
the Teferi Mekonnen School renamed "The Scuola Principe Piedmonte"in Addis Ababa
He received certificates in Management from Holland, in Air Traffic Management in Sweden and Air Traffic Control in Canada under a training programme sponsored by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir - Sudan
the Teferi Mekonnen School renamed "The Scuola Principe Piedmonte"in Addis Ababa
He received certificates in Management from Holland, in Air Traffic Management in Sweden and Air Traffic Control in Canada under a training programme sponsored by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir - SudanPrimary school in the village of Hoshe Bannaga, Sudan,
primary & secondary education Khartoum,
Joined the Sudanese Army and studied at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo
President Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh - The Gambia
primary & secondary education Khartoum,
Joined the Sudanese Army and studied at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo
President Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh - The Gambia
President Lansana Conté - République de GuinéeEducated at a local Koranic school and attended Dubréka primary school. He then went on to study at military preparatory schools in Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire and Saint Louis, Senegal
President Ernest Bai Koroma - Sierra Leone.
Attended the Sierra Leone Church Primary School in Makeni,
The Government Secondary School for Boys in Magburaka, Tonkolili District
Fourah Bay College in Freetown, graduated in 1976
President Ernest Bai Koroma - Sierra Leone.Attended the Sierra Leone Church Primary School in Makeni,
The Government Secondary School for Boys in Magburaka, Tonkolili District
Fourah Bay College in Freetown, graduated in 1976
President Laurent Koudou Gbagbo - Côte d'Ivoire
President Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba - NamibiaAttended an Anglican mission school I presume for both primary and secondary education
President Denis Sassou Nguesso - Republic of the Congo
President Abdoulaye Wade - SenegalStudied and taught law at the lycée Condorcet in France. He holds two doctorates in law and economics.
King Letsie III (original name David Mohato Bereng Seeiso) - LesothoNational University of Lesotho Bachelor of Arts Degree in law.
Diploma in English Legal Studies at the University of Bristol in Britain.
University of Cambridge where he studied Development Studies
Wye College of the University of London where he studied Agricultural Economics.
Diploma in English Legal Studies at the University of Bristol in Britain.
University of Cambridge where he studied Development Studies
Wye College of the University of London where he studied Agricultural Economics.
President Armando Emílio Guebuza - Mozambique
President François Bozizé Yangouvonda - Central African RepublicAttended a military officers' training college in the Central African province of Bouar.
President Marc Ravalomanana - Madagascar
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali - Tunisia
Muhammad Hosni Mubarak - Egypt Bachelor's Degree in Military Sciences, Egyptian Military Academy
Abdelaziz Bouteflika - Algeria
President Paul Biya- CameroonInstitut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Paris diploma in International Relations
President Robert Gabriel Mugabe - ZimbabweQualified as a teacher
Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Fort Hare
He then studied at the University of Oxford in 1952, Salisbury (1953), Gwelo (1954), and Tanzania (1955–1957).
Mugabe subsequently earned six further degrees through distance learning including a Bachelor of Administration and Bachelor of Education from the University of South Africa and a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Science, and Master of Laws, all from the University of London External Programme. The two Law degrees were taken whilst he was in prison, whilst the Master of Science degree was taken during his premiership of Zimbabwe.
Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Fort Hare
He then studied at the University of Oxford in 1952, Salisbury (1953), Gwelo (1954), and Tanzania (1955–1957).
Mugabe subsequently earned six further degrees through distance learning including a Bachelor of Administration and Bachelor of Education from the University of South Africa and a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Science, and Master of Laws, all from the University of London External Programme. The two Law degrees were taken whilst he was in prison, whilst the Master of Science degree was taken during his premiership of Zimbabwe.
President Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama - BotswanaSandhurst Military Academy
President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba - Gabon Secondary school
President Lieutenant General Idriss Déby Itno - ChadObtained formal schooling details of where I cant find...if u have information on this please share
President Bingu wa Mutharika - MalawiUniversity of Delhi, India, master's degree in economics.
PhD in development economics from unaccredited Pacific Western University, in Los Angeles, California.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua - NigeriaGovernment College, Keffi, received a Higher School Certificate from Barewa College
Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria BSc in Education and Chemistry and M.Sc Degree in Analytical Chemistry
President John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor - GhanaPrempeh College (1954-58) LL.B Bachelors of Law , Lincoln's Inn, London (1959-1961) and Exeter College, University of Oxford (1961-1964) BA Economics , Philosophy and Politics.
President Joseph Kabila Kabange - Democratic Republic of CongoSecondary School in Mbeya Tanzania
Western Sahara
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni - UgandaEconomics and Political Science University of DaresSalaam (I don't know if he graduated)
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete - TanzaniaUniversity of DaresSalaam Bachelors Degree in Economics
President Mwai Emilio Kibaki - KenyaEconomics, History and Political Science at Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda
Bachelors of Science with Distinction in Public Finance at the London School of Economics
General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz - Mauritania
The Late President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa - Zambia
Law degree University of Zambia.
Bachelors of Science with Distinction in Public Finance at the London School of Economics
General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz - Mauritania
King Mohammed VI - Morocco
He attended the Qur'anic school at the Royal Palace where he learned the Qur'an by heart, and received a religious and traditional education. Primary and secondary studies at the Royal College
B.A in law at the College of law of the Mohammed V University, Rabat.
Certificat d'Études Supérieures (CES) in political sciences & Diplôme d'Études Approfondies DEA in public law.
Trained in Brussels with Jacques Delors, then President of the European Commission
Doctorate in law (PhD) with "Very Honourable" distinction and the Congratulations of the Jury on 29 October 1993 from the French University of Nice Sophia An
tipolis for his thesis on "EEC-Maghreb Relations."He attended the Qur'anic school at the Royal Palace where he learned the Qur'an by heart, and received a religious and traditional education. Primary and secondary studies at the Royal College
B.A in law at the College of law of the Mohammed V University, Rabat.
Certificat d'Études Supérieures (CES) in political sciences & Diplôme d'Études Approfondies DEA in public law.
Trained in Brussels with Jacques Delors, then President of the European Commission
Doctorate in law (PhD) with "Very Honourable" distinction and the Congratulations of the Jury on 29 October 1993 from the French University of Nice Sophia An
The Late President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa - ZambiaLaw degree University of Zambia.
Very interesting, thank you for all your research!!
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ReplyDeleteThis is a shame to some presidents!! Are they reading this!! I have a proposition: What about taking some night classes but don't show up with some secondary education and be called Mr(s). The President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of President Adoulaye Wade of Senegal...thanks for sharing all this, I'm learning lots about various African countries. Keep up the good work
ReplyDeletewow! Kenya's president defintely looks "ashy" here, The photographer could have done a better work. what is up with that empty background Tsssk !!
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thanks a whole lot for enriching my knowledge on many african presidents and now i know why many of them could not pay attention to many social issues like education in their respective domain.With analytical chem,why wouldnt nigerias president analyse nigerias social and economic problems and offer solutions to the problems
ReplyDeleteI was able to find the following on President Lieutenant General Idriss Déby Itno - Chad:
ReplyDeleteEducation: Military officers' academy in Chad, attended; L'Institut Aeronautique Amaury de la Grange, pilot's license, 1976.
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Interesting, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteKagame attended Fort Leavenworth Military Training in Kansas, US and also has an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Nice blog here...Your honorary mentioned of past African leaders that named Mandela, kanuda was really great. I was looking for Julius Nyerere 'The Teacher,' probably the most important post independent African leader, and probably the only one to rival the stature of Mandela....thanks though, you post are great!
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This site really enlights me with all what I wanted to search further, thank you very much. Just update some of your photos, like for president of Zambia and Gabon please.
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