The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is an African foundation, established in 2006 with one focus: the critical importance of governance and leadership in Africa. It is our belief that governance and leadership lie at the heart of any tangible and shared improvement in the quality of life of African citizens.
The IIAG is an annual statistical assessment of the quality of governance in every african country.
Learn moreExplore all the IIAG data to Indicator level in our online Data Portal.
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Read moreMo Ibrahim Foundation announces no winner of 2016 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
Read moreThe Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership celebrates excellence in African leadership. It is awarded to a former Executive Head of State or Government by an independent Prize Committee.
Find out moreThe Ibrahim Forum is an annual high-level discussion forum convened around one specific issue of critical importance to Africa that demands committed leadership and sound governance. Each year it takes place in a different African country.
Learn moreThe Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships form a selective programme designed to mentor future African leaders. The Fellows receive mentoring from the current leaders of key multilateral institutions.
Learn moreToday we announce the 2017 Ibrahim Leadership Fellows, who will make up the programme’s sixth cohort. The three Ibrahim Fellows are Robtel Neajai Pailey (Liberia) who will join the African Development Bank (AfDB), Ndapiwa ...
IIAG Advisory Council member and Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development in Ghana has won the 2017 Martin Luther King Award for Peace and Social Justice.
Following The Future of the Rural World – Innovation-Youth-Employment Conference that took place from 27-28 April, Gerd Muller, Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, joined by other global leaders in politics and ...
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRRM) on the margins of the Twenty-Ninth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in ...
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s 2017 Forum report, Africa at a Tipping Point finds the continent still making progress, but faced with a real risk of falling back. The future will depend, more than anything ...
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is deeply saddened by the passing of a brother and Board member, Sir Ketumile Quett Joni Masire and wishes to express its deepest condolences to the Masire family, the people ...