Tiffany A. Archer, Esq. (3rd from R) with other dignitaries at the event
Africa can no longer wait to be included in the global governance conversation—it must now assert its place as a co-architect of governance systems that are ethical, contextually relevant, and future-ready. This was the prevailing message from the inaugural Executive Forum on Strategic Compliance in West Africa, convened in Accra under the leadership of Tiffany A. Archer, Esq., Founder and President of Eunomia Risk Advisory Incorporated.
The Forum brought together distinguished leaders across sectors—from government and diplomacy to academia, legal practice, and corporate governance—to engage in candid, high-level dialogue on the future of governance, risk management, and compliance across Africa and beyond.
In her welcome address, Tiffany A. Archer, Esq., the forum is not just a convening, “it is a signal that Africa is not waiting to be invited to the table. We are building our own with integrity, intelligence, and intention.”
She noted that some of the most courageous and value-driven leadership she has encountered comes from the West African region. “What is needed now is not imported prescriptions, but platforms for African leadership to be seen, heard, and strengthened,” she added.
Ms. Archer, whose career spans compliance leadership roles at Fortune 200 companies and global law firms, and advisory work before the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission, highlighted that Eunomia’s mission is to help organisations translate commitment into measurable capacity through data-driven, behavioural insights.
Delivering the keynote address, Professor Douglas Boateng, Chairman of PanAvest International and Africa’s first Professor Extraordinaire for Supply and Value Chain Management, called for a wholesale rethink of Africa’s governance structures.
“Western-style governance models can only take us so far. If we do not reimagine governance, we remain trapped in ceremonial leadership and short-term cycles,” he said. “Ghana led the continent’s political independence. We must now lead its economic emancipation through Afrocentric governance rooted in our realities,” he further elaborated.
Prof. Boateng’s remarks were grounded in over three decades of experience across boardrooms on five continents. He announced that his newly published governance book—written in collaboration with Eunomia—has been approved by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) for secondary school use in Ghana, and is under consideration in other African nations. The goal, he said, is to build generational governance literacy by “catching them young.”
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