Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, has affirmed its stature as Africa’s Premier Business School and provider of world-class management education, earning top positions in the newly released Financial Times (FT) 2025 Executive Education ranking.
LBS placed 47 out of 95 globally for Custom Executive Education and 49 out of 85 for Open Enrolment programmes, leading all African business schools in the Custom category and remaining a formidable contender in Open Enrolment.
These results extend nearly two decades of steady ascent for LBS. Since its debut in the FT ranking in 2007, the school has combined international accreditation milestones—AACSB and AMBA (2016), AACSB re-accreditation (2021), AMBA re-accreditation, AABS accreditation (2024) and ISO 9001:2015 recertification (2024), with continuous gains in FT performance. These achievements underscore LBS’s unwavering commitment to its vision: developing responsible leaders to inspire Africa’s growth.
The dean of Lagos Business School, Professor Yinka David-West stated that “the 2025 FT results are a powerful endorsement of our strategy of deliberate, quality-driven growth.”
David-West said, “they show that when we benchmark ourselves against the best in the world through rigorous accreditations and transparent rankings, we not only meet global standards, we set the pace for Africa. I am immensely proud of our faculty and staff, whose dedication ensures that LBS equips executives with the insight, integrity and impact our continent needs.”
The school’s latest rankings also reflect ambitious internal targets. For 2024–25, LBS aimed to reach a top-40 position in Open Enrolment and top-60 in Custom programmes. Falling just nine places shy in Open Enrolment while comfortably surpassing the Custom goal highlights both significant progress and clear areas for further refinement, an opportunity the school welcomes.
According to her, rankings are snapshots in an ongoing journey. We will examine every data point to sharpen our programme design, learner engagement and client partnerships, positioning us for an even stronger showing in 2026 and beyond.
Lagos Business School (LBS) is a graduate school of Pan-Atlantic University, owned by the Pan-Atlantic University Foundation (PAUF). LBS is committed to creating and transmitting management and business knowledge based on a Christian conception of the human person and of economic activity relevant to Nigeria and Africa.
