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— Est. 2001 — Lagos

Twenty years of African leadership thinking, in print.

LI Press is the publishing arm of Leadership Institute Nigeria. Every editorial decision we make is grounded in two decades of developing Africa's governance and entrepreneurship canon.

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• African-rooted. Globally read.

Lagos imprint. Diaspora shelves.

IngramSpark routes our titles into booksellers across North America, Europe, and the UK. Selar puts them directly into readers' hands across the continent. An LI Press imprint travels.