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  "id": 8384484,
  "title": "Leadership Skills and Public Policy Priorities for Inclusive and Resilient Africa: An integrated Ubuntu perspective",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/leadership-skills-and-public-policy-priorities-for-inclusive-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-19T04:26:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/leadership-skills-and-public-policy-priorities-for-inclusive-and-resilient-africa-an-integrated-ubuntu-perspective/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A research paper examines how leadership skills grounded in the philosophy of Ubuntu can foster inclusive and resilient public policy choices in Africa. Utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach, the study introduces the Ubuntu Leadership Onion and a five-pillar framework for developing leaders focused on community, empathy, impact, courage, and stakeholder value. The paper argues that values-based leadership combined with cohesive organizational design and meaningful community engagement strengthens institutions in public policy decisions. Ultimately, Ubuntu leadership skills enhance human resource management and policy-making by incorporating culturally grounded insights and shaping inclusive and resilient public policy in Africa.",
  "summary": "This paper utilizes the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak as a case study to examine how leadership skills and public policy grounded in the philosophy of Ubuntu can drive inclusive and resilient public policy choices and priorities in Africa. Using a multi-disciplinary perspective that intersects leadership, human resources management, organizational design, philosophy, anthropology,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}