The aim of this paper is to examine the educational implications of repositioning African youth for leadership and governance. The paper becomes imperative as a result of leadership failure noticeable in virtually all sector in the society. The paper further cited countries where transformative impact of prepared leaders was seen based on the good performances, unlike African countries where leaders emerged without such structured preparation. For proper justification of the matters at stake some possible clarifications were made, and the paper recommended that the provision or investment in leadership training, promotion of youth participation for governance, civil education should be strengthened in primary, secondary, tertiary and other institutions for possible development.