ILI is a leadership development institute dedicated to the advancement of academic excellence in developing a leadership program of higher education by offering a flexible learning environment to scholarly impact the destiny of students and professionals in Ethiopia and beyond.

ILI believes that the future is a sum total of the past and the present. We not only make leaders but also study them. We continue to be at the leading edge of contemporary research and teaching. Our aim is to serve as a leading regional centre for researching and teaching leadership and management. We are currently the only such institution in the region to concentrate solely on developing leaders for the future.

The Professor Badeg Bekele Academy located in Oromia region, Alem Tena is to hold its Kindergarten up to high school students’ yearly graduation ceremony on July 19th, 2015. The school has a total of about 930 students. During the ceremony which is to take place on Sunday afternoon, students who ranked 1-3 are expected to receive their prizes from Professor Badeg, the Founder and owner of the Professor Badeg Bekele Academy as well as International Leadership Institute.