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Measuring civil society space
In previous iterations of the IIAG, the assessment of civil society has been limited to indicators in the Rights subcategory that measure citizens’ freedoms of expression, association and assembly. For the first time, the 2016 IIAG includes a specific indicator that explicitly measures civil society, featured in the Participation sub-category.… Read more
Electricity Infrastructure is holding back further progress in Infrastructure
The indicator Electricity Infrastructure consists of two measures: Electricity Supply issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which assesses the reliability of electricity supply. Reliable Electricity Supply coming from Afrobarometer (AFR), which captures how African citizens perceive the government’s handling of providing a reliable… Read more
Measuring Poverty
In Africa, poverty alleviation is one of the main expectations citizens have of their governments. However, data on poverty is severely limited. Only 39 African countries have collected data on ‘income poverty level’ (people who live on $1.90 a day), out of which only nine countries have two or more data points in the past decade,… Read more
MIF celebrates African Statistics Day by unveiling new online Data Portal
The Data Portal provides an advanced and interactive tool for further analysis of governance in Africa. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation launched today the new IIAG Data Portal, which provides unprecedented access to 15 years of data, crucial to assessing the quality of governance in African countries. The Data Portal is freely available online.… Read more
Increase in Laws Protecting Women Against Violence
It’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a call to raise awareness and mobilise people everywhere to bring about change. The IIAG indicator Laws on Violence Against Women has shown an improvement, on average, of +9.5 points over the past decade. Rwanda in particular has shown notable improvement in the past ten… Read more
Corruption – still a worrying trend
The issue of corruption cuts across all dimensions of the Index. Indicators such as Judicial Independence and Property Rights, both in the Rule of Law sub-category for example, partly assess the impact of corruption while measures in other categories such as Transparency of State-owned Companies in Sustainable Economic Opportunity touch upon the… Read more
An open letter on the unfolding tragedy in Nigeria
An open letter to the editor of the Financial Times signed by Mo Ibrahim on the tradgedy unfolding in Nigeria: Dear Sir, the tragedy now unfolding in north-east Nigeria is one of the world’s deadliest but least reported emergencies – and must be addressed when humanitarian emergency donors gather this week in Geneva. Over 4.7 million… Read more
MIF Fellow Lade Araba’s Visiola Foundation recognised by Google RISE Awards
The Visiola Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation focused on empowering African girls through education, training, and mentoring in the STEM fields, announced today that it has received a 2016 Google RISE Award for its efforts to increase access to computer science (CS) education for youth. Co-founder & President Lade Araba said… Read more
Leadership for change in Lusophone Africa
The Pedro Pires Institute for Leadership (IPP) launches, in partnership with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the Executive Course Leadership for change in Lusophone Africa, taking place from 23-28 April 2017. Working with top professors and professionals at Harvard Kennedy School, participants in the program will learn new skills and… Read more
Partners launch Equitable Access Initiative Report
A group of leading organisations have launched the Equitable Access Initiative report, a new policy framework designed to better inform decision making on health and development. The new guidance takes into account countries’ needs and capacities in a changing landscape affected by economic growth, rising inequality and shifts in burdens of… Read more
