Under the rubric of hybrid governance, state actors and various non-state actors especially traditional leaders are engaging in partnerships towards development in local Africa. These partnerships ranges from the provison of security,e ducation, health and access to justice. In this light, this paper argues that both customary leaders and statepolitical actors negotiate legitimacy through partnerships that are premised on various aspects of hybrid governance in the local contexts of Africa. This is examined in the context of the Ashanti king's Otumfuo Education Fund that sought to assist the efforts of the state in the delivery of formal education in deprived rural areas. Using the Helmke and Levitsky's (2004) typology of hybridity the study finds that such partnerships are complementary and accomodating via pathways such as scholarships fpr brilliant but needy students, educational infrastructure and career development programs for students.