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.
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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 morePost originally published in Trust: The Fight to Win It Back, a publication by the Open Government Partnership where contributors reflect on the multifaceted and complex sources of distrust. The democratic governance system ...
Mo has co-written the foreword from Trust: The Fight to Win It Back, a publication by the Open Government Partnership where contributors reflect on the multifaceted and complex sources of distrust. It is replicated ...
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.
Dear President and Members of the Security Council, Thank you for holding the UNSC meeting on Rohingya crisis most likely on September 13. The human tragedy and crimes against humanity unfolding in the Arakan region ...
Democracy: a world-wide work in progress for millennia Some 2,500 years ago the Athenian democracy originated; the first known model of democracy. Many years and many leaders later, democracy is still a work in progress ...
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 ...
Our deepest thoughts are today with our brothers and sisters in Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo during this terrible mourning period. These mudslide disasters, coming so shortly after the Ebola outbreak show, ...
The B Team leaders issued the following statement in response to last weekend’s unrest and tragic deaths in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Hate, bigotry and racism have no place in our society. Each of ...