A second cohort that confirms the programme’s durabilityFor its second class, LEAD brings together 50 fellows, senior public decision-makers engaged in the design and implementation of the continent’s economic and social policies. Digital public infrastructure (DPI) formed the main thread of this first year of work. The white paper identifies three structuring priorities for African public actors:Building shared digital infrastructure that serves as the backbone of public services and private innovation. “LEAD’s first cohort confirms a simple conviction: Africa already has the women and men capable of profoundly transforming public action. With this second cohort, we want to accelerate the move from ambition to execution, in particular on digital public infrastructure and artificial intelligence, two decisive issues for sovereignty, for the effectiveness of the state and for value creation across the continent.