FUTURE WORLD MAGAZINE
Understanding today, defining tomorrow
Re-visioned Charter for Influence, Thought Leadership, and Training
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Preamble
Future World Magazine was first published in hardcopy on 15 January 2001 as a human-interest publication. As a founding member of FLED Group Africa, the Magazine now enters a new phase aligned with the re-programming and institutional renewal of the Group.
This Charter redefines Future World Magazine as a pan-African thought leadership magazine—anchored in ideas, values, leadership formation, and Africa’s future—while also serving as a practical training and professional formation platform for students of the School of Journalism and Communication Leadership (SJCL) at FLED International Leadership Institute.
The Magazine shall operate as both a public intellectual platform and an institutional laboratory for ethical, developmental, and leadership-focused journalism in Nigeria and Africa.
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Identity and Institutional Location
Future World Magazine is not a commercial newsroom in the conventional sense. It is an ideas institution, a formation platform, and a public good publication committed to shaping Africa’s leadership imagination. It has an academic and training affiliation with School of Journalism and Communication Leadership (SJCL), FLED International Leadership Institute. The Magazine is a member of FLED Group Africa
- Vision
To become Africa’s most respected ideas and thought leadership magazine, shaping public discourse, leadership culture, and generational thinking for Nigeria and the African continent.
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Mission
Future World Magazine exists to:
- Curate and amplify African thought leadership across governance, leadership, economics, faith, culture, innovation, and social transformation.
- Serve as a training newsroom and leadership formation platform for emerging journalists, editors, communicators, and public intellectuals.
- Provide a credible platform for ideas that influence policy, institutions, and society, not sensationalism.
- Preserve and project Africa’s intellectual dignity, moral imagination, and future-oriented narratives.
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Editorial Philosophy
Future World Magazine is guided by the following editorial convictions:
5.1 Ideas Over Events
We prioritise ideas, frameworks, interpretations, and long-form thinking over breaking news and event-driven reporting.
5.2 Leadership-Centred Journalism
All content must ultimately illuminate leadership choices, institutional responsibility, ethical decision-making, and societal direction.
5.3 Africa as a Thinking Continent
The Magazine rejects deficit narratives. Africa must be treated as a producer of ideas, not merely a subject of analysis.
5.4 Moral Seriousness Without Moralism
We affirm values, ethics, and responsibility without preaching, partisanship, or ideological extremism.
5.5 Intergenerational Dialogue
The Magazine intentionally connects established voices and emerging thinkers, modelling mentorship and continuity.
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Core Content Pillars
Future World Magazine shall be structured around the following permanent editorial pillars:
- Leadership & Governance – Public leadership, institutional reform, political economy, public service ethics.
- Africa & Global Affairs – Africa’s place in the world, diplomacy, global systems, and strategic futures.
- Faith, Values & Public Life – Moral leadership, spirituality, ethics, and social responsibility.
- Economy, Enterprise & Work – Development economics, entrepreneurship, labour, and financial responsibility.
- Culture, Identity & Society – African identity, history, media, education, and social change.
- Ideas, Books & Thinkers – Essays, reviews, interviews, and intellectual debates.
- The Future Series – Futures thinking, foresight, innovation, demography, and generational shifts.
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Role as a Training Platform (SJCL Integration)
Future World Magazine serves as the official practicum platform for the School of Journalism and Communication Leadership.
7.1 Training Objectives
The Magazine shall train students in:
- Ethical journalism and editorial judgement
- Long-form writing and analytical reporting
- Editing, fact-checking, and research
- Media leadership and newsroom governance
- Opinion writing and public intellectual engagement
7.2 Student Roles
Under supervision, students may serve as:
- Correspondents
- Research assistants
- Assistant editors
- Multimedia contributors
- Editorial fellows
7.3 Faculty & Professional Oversight
All student work shall be reviewed by:
- Faculty editors
- Senior editors or editorial fellows
- The Editorial Board, where necessary
The Magazine is a learning newsroom, not an experimental playground.
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Editorial Independence and Responsibility
Future World Magazine shall:
- Maintain editorial independence within the values and mission of FLED Group Africa.
- Reject partisan control, propaganda, and donor-driven editorial capture.
- Uphold accuracy, fairness, attribution, and intellectual honesty.
- Correct errors transparently.
Freedom of expression shall always be balanced with institutional responsibility and public good.
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Governance Structure
9.1 Editorial Board
An Editorial Board appointed by FLED Group Africa shall:
- Guard the vision and editorial philosophy
- Approve major editorial directions
- Protect standards and integrity
9.2 Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for:
- Editorial leadership and coherence
- Mentorship of editors and contributors
- Upholding the Charter
9.3 Editor
The Editor of the Magazine is expected to:
- Responsible for day-to-day operations
- Identify and develop future section editors
- Support leadership development among student fellows
- Contribute to a sustainable editorial talent pipeline
- 4 Section Editors
Responsible for day-to-day sectional operations, and student supervision.
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Audience
Future World Magazine is written for:
- Public leaders and policymakers
- Professionals and executives
- Academics and students
- Faith and civic leaders
- Young African thinkers and reformers
- Institutions shaping Africa’s future
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Platform and Format
The Magazine operates through:
- Digital publication
- Periodic print editions or special reports
- Policy briefs and thematic dossiers
- Podcasts, lectures, and public dialogues
All formats must serve the ideas mission, not platform vanity.
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Relationship to FLED Group Africa
Future World Magazine is:
- An intellectual and public engagement arm of FLED Group Africa
- A narrative and ideas platform supporting FLED’s leadership philosophy (Fledism)
- A bridge between learning, policy, faith, enterprise, and society
It shall not function as a marketing bulletin but as a credible ideas institution.
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Commitment
Future World Magazine commits itself to shaping not just what Africa reads—but how Africa thinks about leadership, responsibility, and the future.
Our Motto
Understanding today, defining tomorrow
Our Slogan
The Best of Development Journalism
Editorial liberty
In writing news reports or feature articles for the magazine, we not only state the hard facts, but also include personal comments that interpret the situation. However, we do not tell our readers what to believe.
Our Stand
We are committed to objective reportage of public issues. Therefore, we stand for justice, gender equity, freedom of conscience and association, free enterprise, democracy, and the rule of law.
Our People
Our Editors, Reporters, Guest Writers, and Columnists, embody moderate, non-sensational, non-destructive, development journalists and as public commentators.
Article Submissions
Future World Magazine welcomes unsolicited articles, commentaries, and opinions that inform, educate, and entertain our readers and promote societal development.
Articles, commentaries, and opinions must be written in a non-technical style. Authors are encouraged to submit relevant pictures that illustrate their materials.
Our Editors determine the acceptability of such materials for publication having made sure they align with House Style.
All articles, commentaries, and opinion materials should be sent to email: articles@futureworld.com.ng
We are responsible to our readers, our advertisers, our staff, and to society in general.
Development Journalism
Development journalism is very expensive. The reason is that it does dwell in fads and trends of news and events, but digs deep to unravel issues behind the issues.
It’s costs quite a lot to come up high quality articles that enrich the readers.
We ask you to donate a token to support our journalists to do their jobs without having to be induced with “curious envelopes”.
Future World Magazine is a member of the FLED GROUP AFRICA
Correspondence
All correspondence to:
The Editor
Corporate Head Office:
Plot MF 57 Cadastral Zone,
KMC Street
Off NNPC Filling Station
Karu Site, Abuja
Email: editor@futureworld.com.ng
Tel: +234-906 306 9744
+234 -708 015 7176
Email: info@futureworld.com.ng
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