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Leadership by ‘followship’: An Ibrahim Fellowship experience at the UN Economic Commission for Africa
An Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship is a unique opportunity allowing mid-career young Africans to be mentored in the highest office of an intergovernmental organisation. The objective of this fellowship is to foster transformational leadership through ‘followship’ in young Africans. The concept is to learn by following, to use observation and… Read more
Defining governance
The concept of governance has a long provenance and can be traced back to at least 400 B.C.E. There is no universally accepted definition of governance, with the parameters of the concept varying according to different institutions: World Bank: “the manner in which power is exercised in the management of a country’s economic and social… Read more
MyAfrica photo competition winners announced
Africa’s future celebrated in thought-provoking and inspiring photographs The Mo Ibrahim Foundation today announced the winners of MyAfrica, a photography competition to capture visions of Africa’s future as seen by Africans. The three winners will each receive a prize of $10,000 USD. The competition, launched earlier this year for the… Read more
The 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance: Key Findings
On Monday 3 October, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation launched the 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG). This was the tenth iteration of the IIAG, launched in the ten-year anniversary of the Foundation and in this context, we focused on analysing a decade’s worth of data on African governance from 2006-2015. Since the launch, the 2016… Read more
Safety and Rule of Law and Sustainable Economic Opportunity: a strong correlation
There is a close relationship between Safety & Rule of Law and Sustainable Economic Opportunity: countries which score highly in one of these dimensions tend to perform well in the other. Over the past ten years, these categories have a high correlation (r = 0.85), the highest between any two categories within the 2016 IIAG. This would imply… Read more
