In 2024, LCN graduate Abenet Legesse became the first Ethiopian to be awarded an ICF coach credential. We are very proud of her path-setting accomplishment!
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Four LCN Graduates Have Earned ICF ASSOCIATE CERTIFIED COACH (ACC) Credentials
We are proud that the first three Ethiopians to earn a prestigious ICF coaching credential in 2024 and 2025 are all Coaching for Transformation and LCN graduates.
Abenet Legesse
ICF ACC credential awarded: May, 2024 (1st Ethiopian to earn this credential)
I'm an ICF-certified (ACC) coach with a big heart for helping people flourish—focusing on life, relationships, and leadership coaching. For nearly 20 years, I've had the joy of walking alongside individuals, couples, and leaders through Christ-centered coaching, grounded in dual MAs (Human Resources & Leadership) and shaped by years of senior leadership experience.
ICF ACC credential awarded: July, 2025
(2nd Ethiopian to earn this credential )
Tsigereda Yemane
I am currently serving with the Navigators in various leadership roles, with a focus on mentoring, equipping, and coaching second-generation laborers. My goal is to invest in and empower emerging leaders who will, in turn, disciple and develop others for long-term impact.
ICF credential awarded: July, 2025
(3rd Ethiopian to earn this credential)
Alemtsehay Yemane
For over a decade, coaching has been my passion, guiding clients to meaningful success while deepening my own journey of growth and reflection. Helping others unlock their potential and embrace transformation has strengthened my ability to inspire and support lasting change. I am committed to empowering individuals to navigate life with confidence and create a future filled with purpose.
ICF credential awarded: July, 2025
(4th Zimbabwean to earn this credential)
Tendai Kashangura
Zimbabweans like to work with accredited professionals. The ACC credential will enable me to coach more professionals, University students, pastors, and development workers who are largely part of my sphere of influence. In addition, the credential will help me to inspire more leaders to go through the ICF credentials and build a network of LCN trainers and coaches in Zimbabwe.
ICF COACHING CREDENTIAL: LCN has the Full Package!
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is recognized worldwide as the "gold standard" for both high-qualified coaching training and professional coaching credentialing. As of December, 2024 ICF had 55,216 coaches in 158 countries. Earning an ICF Credential provides you with instant credibility and increased visibility, both in your organization and to prospective clients.
Coaching is growing fast in africa!!
growth in international coaching federation (icf) regional members 2016
An ICF coaching credential is not for everyone! You can greatly benefit from the coaching skills and leadership development mindset offered in our Coaching for Transformation courses. Of the over 500 participants in our courses since 2020, we currently have 60 Coaching for Transformation graduates (10+%) who are actively moving toward earning an ICF coaching credential.
Our ICF Credential Program includes these learning opportunities:
1) Observed Coaching — Our program includes five (5) observed coaching sessions for each student, with personalized written or oral feedback from the Instructor.
2) Mentor Coaching — Mentor Coaching is offered over an extended time (three-month minimum) in a cycle that allows for listening and feedback from the Mentor Coach while also allowing reflection and practice on the part of the individual coach. Mentor coaching begins with a student self-assessment survey to identify personal areas for focus and growth. We offer 10 hours of high-value mentor coaching, in two parts:
Group mentoring sessions (7 hours) with interactive learning and live coaching conversations by each participant, who will receive both individual and group feedback.
Individual mentoring sessions (3 hours) offering one-to-one mentoring with the Instructor focusing on personal strengths and growth areas.
3) Performance Evaluation — We will assist you to prepare a recorded coaching conversation demonstrating your coaching skills proficiency and evaluate it to insure it meets ICF standards. You will receive a detailed written assessment.
LCN offers EVERYTHING YOU NEED for your ICF Credential Journey
Affordable Fees for African Leaders
CERTIFICATE LEVELS - Hours and Fees 2025
*Total hours assumes 100% attendance at all online class sessions and completion of all required fieldwork assignments.
As a Christian mission organization, our goal is to empower leaders, not make money. In order to make our training affordable, our fees are EXTREMELY LOW for ICF accredited coaching training leading to an ICF coaching credential. In fact, even our western rate fees for the complete ICF credential program ($2,500) are far below the normal western market rate ($3,800). Our total African rate ($205) is a mere 5% of typical Western rates ($3,800).
ICF Credential Support Group
All the above resources are offered through our unique online learning community in which every student is partnered with two others in a Triad Group. Triad group partners support one another as they move through every step of the process together. The Support Group has its own online classroom to access resource documents, videos and many personalized resources to help each student cross the finish line in earning their credential!
In this video, one Triad Group shares how important their support of one another has been in their ICF credential journeys.
Both Alemtsehay and Tsigereda received their ICF Coaching Credentials in July, 2025, the 2nd and 3rd Ethiopians from LCN to be awarded this significant accomplishment.
When Can You Get Started?
After taking our Basic Coaching Course, you may be ready—both personally and professionally—to earn an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Coaching Credential. If so, you can choose to take our Advanced Coaching Course under our ICF Credential Program as your first step toward your coaching credential!