a) Exposing African leaders to recognised and accomplished leaders from within and outside Africa so as to exchange views in an informal setting and to partake in their specific experience particularly in an African environment;

b) Arranging seminars, meeting sand face-to-face encounters on emerging key issues bringing together African leaders in an effort to focus both on global questions with a direct bearing on Africa and on problems of a sub-regional or regional character;

c) Organizing events in different African countries and at locations of international organisations, where appropriate, to accomplish a broad outreach;

d) Disseminating widely findings and proposals on priority issues so as to induce decision-makers in Africa and other continents to address the problems and take appropriate action;

e) Involving both well-know personalities and the younger generation, mostly uninducted to international exchanges and co-operation, drawn from a network which will gradually be built through recommendations and identification by experienced personalities;

f) Holding a bi-monthly Farmhouse Dialogues at the Forum Center in Ota, Nigeria, to discuss issues of a more national interest which may have wider relevance and ramifications for other African countries.

g) Publication of a journal of leadership and development for wide distribution and circulation amongst Africans and non-Africans. The journal carries articles and analysis on African or Africa-related problems and in-depth/detailed interviews with accomplished leaders.

h) Encouraging the establishment of National Chapters of the Forum in African countries, essentially to undertake programmes similar to the Farm House Dialogue in Nigeria and other national programmes; and subsequently to foster the emergence of a continental network for outreach and international activities of the forum;

i) To organise workshop and seminars at the national, sub-regional or continental level for specific young professional and interest groups for the purpose of widening and deepening experience, contacts, exposure and the practice of their profession and civic responsibilities and for the encouragement of entrepreneurship, self-employment and job creation.