About

Professor Vincent Chinedum Anigbogu was born on October 19, 1954. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry in 1978 and Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1981, both from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA. He completed his Ph.D. Degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1986 at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. He taught Analytical Chemistry for over twenty years from August 1980 as a graduate assistant to May 2004 at four different universities in the USA. In 2006, Professor Anigbogu returned to Nigeria to devote full-time effort towards the development of leaders with leadership and management competencies necessary for the transformation of Africa.

Professor Anigbogu believes that sound, value-based education is central to reconstructing the mindset of Africans and people of African descent towards integrity leadership and quality management skills required for the transformation of their organizations, communities, and nations. Towards this end, he established the Institute for National Transformation (INT) in Lagos, Nigeria in September 2007 for which he serves as the Director General. The Institute focuses on developing “no excuse” leadership of integrity and exceptional organizational skills from both the private and public sectors throughout Africa. Such leaders should proffer performance instead of pronouncements, expertise, and competence instead of title and position, pioneer bold and progressive initiatives instead of dictatorship and control, and leave a legacy in the continent instead of failures and excuses. INT has training centers in Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Atlanta (USA), and London (UK).

In 2021, Professor Anigbogu is a Distinguished Professor at Department of Religious and Cultural Studies and the Pioneer Executive Director, of the Centre for Ethical and Moral Leadership (CEMoL) at Akwa Ibom State University – a platform to raise value-based student, faculty, staff, and top leadership leaders within the university and also in the community.

In recent years, Professor Vincent Anigbogu has worked with the Akwa Ibom State Government to train several ministries and commissioners of the state, as well as the Nigerian Navy officials, Technological Manufacturing Centre Uganda, Golden Tulip Hotel Management staff, Mountain Top University top officials, staff, and students, Brit Properties, Dominion city leaders, Greensprings School, and other reputable institutions, and organizations.

In October 2023, Professor Vincent Anigbogu introduced INT’s Youth Empowerment in Agripreneurship Programme (YEAP) to Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who invited its implementation in Uganda. Collaborating with Busitema University and the Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretariat, Professor Anigbogu spearheaded the creation of the Busitema University Agro Entrepreneurship Centre (BUAEC), approved by President Museveni in May 2024. This initiative reflects his dedication to empowering African youth through Agripreneurship and innovation.

He has been married to Peggy for over 32 years. They work and travel together worldwide as consultants to business establishments, State and National governments, Universities, and Church organizations. Professor Anigbogu admits: “I have an unquenchable passion for a new Africa and to see a fulfilled God’s vision for the people of African descent.”