Philanthropy is at its best when it is innovative, risk taking, transformative and wealthy Africans are uniquely placed to disrupt complacent philanthropic giving
The freedom struggle and labour veteran says the law is soft on criminals and perpetrators must be punished
The 2018 African governance index was released this week. It’s not good news
The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance also pointed to a deteriorating business climate and poor job creation
The annual lecture will this year be held on July 17, the day before what would have been Mandela’s 100th birthday
The overall governance showed a mild improvement in participation of human rights, sustainable growth and human development.
Advocate Mo Ibrahim says Zimbabwe should be a powerhouse in Africa but its stagnant political leadership under Robert Mugabe is holding it back.
Africa’s future will hinge on the continent’s citizens taking a proactive role in governance, and not individual leaders alone, says Jay Naidoo.
Many Africans are enjoying greater access to economic opportunity but are seeing their political rights undermined, said the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
For the second year, it has proved impossible to find a winner worthy of an award for improving the continent’s "quality of human life".
In December, shortly after the participants in a UN conference on family planning had broken up in Kampala, Africa’s billionth baby was born.
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/ 29 December 2009
The child will grow up innocent of having a place in history. But somewhere, this year, that child became the billionth person in Africa.
Southern Africa is home to five of Africa’s best-governed countries, according to a study released on Monday.
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/ 16 November 2008
Last month the second Mo Ibrahim award went to ex-Botswanan president Festus Mogae. Robert Watkinson quizzed Ibrahim on the prize.
Governance has improved in almost two-thirds of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an index published on Monday.
It must count among the world’s most genial rivalries. Two of the planet’s richest men regularly play epic games of online bridge and collaborate over handing out their billions. But Warren Buffett has unseated his friend, Bill Gates, to become the wealthiest individual on the globe.
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/ 22 October 2007
Former Mozambique president Joachim Chissano won a new -million prize for African leadership on Monday and was hailed as ”a powerful voice for Africa on the international stage”. Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan chaired the committee that selected the inaugural award by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
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/ 25 September 2007
South Africa is placed fifth on the latest Mo Ibrahim Foundation Index of African Governance with a score of 71,2 while top-ranking Mauritius scored 86,2. The index rated the performance of 48 nations against a series of criteria including security, human rights, economic stability, just laws, free elections, corruption, infrastructure, poverty and health.