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Germany’s initiative on Africa must be seized
A G20 Partnership with Africa has potential – if the continent’s governments step up. Mo Ibrahim writes in the Financial Times today with Aliko Dangote and Donald Kaberuka on Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel placing a new G20 Partnership with Africa on the agenda of the upcoming G20 Summit. The trio write that: As Africans and… Read more
Is the flow of persons of concern in Africa a consequence of weak Safety and Rule of Law?
At the end of 2016, there were more than 67 million persons of concern globally. As highlighted in our 2017 Forum Report, Africa at a Tipping Point, Africa has been both the origin and the destination of about a third of the global persons of concern since 2006. In 2016, the five countries producing the greatest number of persons of concern in… Read more
Statement on the passing of MIF Board member Sir Ketumile Masire
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 of Botswana and Africa as a whole. Serving as Botswana’s second President, Sir Ketumile Masire is credited with building the country’s modern… Read more
MIF announces the 2017 Ibrahim Leadership Fellows from Liberia, Botswana and Senegal
Today 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 Segole (Botswana) who will join UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Oulimata Fall (Senegal) who will join… Read more
Mo Ibrahim Foundation signs MoU with the APRM
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 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 4 July 2017. This follows a previous meeting held in January 2017 at the APRM Continental Secretariat between… Read more
Mo joins German's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Gerd Müller in spreading the message of the Berlin Charter
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 business, is spreading the message of the Berlin Charter. The Berlin Charter was handed to leaders… Read more
