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Angélique Kidjo wins best world music album at the 2016 Grammy's for SINGS
“I want to dedicate this Grammy to all the traditional musicians in Africa, in my country, to all the young generation.” The Mo Ibrahim Foundation congratulates Angélique Kidjo for winning best world music album for SINGS, a collaboration with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg with Gast Waltzing. “Africa is on the rise. Africa is… Read more
Mo Ibrahim delivered the 2016 IFAD Lecture
Mo Ibrahim delivered the 2016 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Lecture in Rome as part of at the organisation’s two-day annual conference. Some key points he raised: African Governments need to increase focus on agriculture. In 2013, we spent, on average, less than 5% of our budget on agriculture which involved more… Read more
Mo Ibrahim delivered the keynote address at the CDU/CSU parliamentary group congress
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, hosted a high-level conference on ‘Peace, security and economic development in Africa: opportunities and challenges’, on 16 March in Berlin, Germany. Mo Ibrahim delivered a keynote under the theme ‘Africa is changing: new opportunities and new challenges to peace, security and economic… Read more
Foundation Board meeting and retreat in Dubai
In the first quarter of every year the Board and independent Prize Committee gather for a board meeting to celebrate the success of the previous year and set goals for the next 12 months. As the Foundation approaches its 10th Anniversary, the Chair seized the opportunity to invite partners and stakeholders. The weekend was split into two days… Read more
The Global Refugee Crisis: Statement by the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group
The challenge The Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group calls on world leaders to take more coordinated, better principled action to address the global refugee crisis. The scale of the tragedy shines the spotlight on just how remiss the international order has been in managing, much less settling, the conflicts that generate so much… Read more
The Visiola Foundation participates at the 2016 Next Einstein Forum global gathering
The Visiola Foundation was pleased to participate in the stimulating discussions at the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) 2016 Global Gathering in Dakar, while sharing its own experience in creating opportunities for marginalised girls and young women to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. Two of the Foundation’s… Read more
Eight steps towards ending corruption
This letter first appeared in the Financial Times. Sir, Global corruption in all its forms, from looting state budgets to laundering money, is one of the most unjust, corrosive and dangerous issues of our time. Corruption is a punitive tax on business, inhibiting job creation and prosperity. It fuels support for extremism and facilitates… Read more
Mo Ibrahim highlights shrinking civil society space at OGP meeting
Mo Ibrahim participated in the 2016 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Africa Regional Meeting held in Cape Town, South Africa from May 4-6. The meeting was preceded by a Civil Society Day and OGP Points of Contact Conference, where Mo and the Committee engaged civil society through a town hall session on making OGP work for Africa. Mo also… Read more
Mo speaks to young leaders on Africa at the 15th LBS Africa Summit
Mo Ibrahim delivered the keynote address at the 15th annual Africa Business Summit hosted by the London Business School Africa Club, held at the Landmark Hotel, London, on Saturday 7 May. Dr Ibrahim set the scene on where we stand as a continent as well as shaping the day’s discourse. The keynote was followed by a lively and frank Q&A, taking… Read more
Fourth round of Africa Integrity Indicators data now available
The fourth round of Global Integrity’s Africa Integrity Indicators (AII) research is now available. The Africa Integrity Indicators is an annual undertaking and one of the 33 independent, external data sources of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG). Global Integrity entered into partnership with MIF in 2012, and has since then… Read more
