The Lead Debaters
Empowering minds through debate, education, and opportunity
.… because ideas have consequences
Welcome to
The Lead Debaters
The Lead Debaters (TLD) is a groundbreaking intellectual reality franchise that elevates debate into a national sport of ideas. Built as a bold four-phase series, it begins with the Campus League — a daring intellectual arena where structured argument meets the emotional intensity and storytelling style of reality television.
In this first phase, we bring together some of the brightest undergraduate minds from across Nigeria — and soon from across Africa — inviting them to compete, collaborate, and evolve under pressure. From this foundation, we lead them into a continental civic ecosystem where ideas shape leadership and leadership shapes the future.
TLD is not simply a show; it is a movement. A journey. A multi-phase pathway designed to nurture Africa’s emerging leaders through rigorous thinking and national exposure.
The Campus League is the beginning.
The vision is continental.
The future is intellectual.
Programmes
Programme Schedule
Explore all our debate programmes
The Africa Dialogues
Africa Dialogues is the continental platform of The Lead Debaters ecosystem — a Pan-African conversation space where intellectuals, diplomats, policy innovators, and emerging
National Dialogue Forum
National Dialogue Forum is the civic heart of The Lead Debaters ecosystem — a national platform where ideas confront reality and reason meets responsibility. It brings together
The Flag Bearers
The Flag Bearers transforms the nation’s electoral space into a marketplace of ideas — where candidates contend not with insults or slogans, but with reason, policy, and vision. It is a civic stage where aspiring leaders engage
Campus Challenge Series
Africa Dialogues is the continental platform of The Lead Debaters ecosystem — a Pan-African conversation space where intellectuals, diplomats, policy innovators, and emerging leaders debate
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