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Does a change in leadership result in improved governance?
Following the announcement of former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the winner of the 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African leadership, there is renewed attention on leadership on the African continent.As Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, Chair of the Ibrahim Prize Committee, stated:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took the helm of Liberia when it… Read more
Ghana, 61 years after independence: challenges and prospects
Last week, Ghana celebrated 61 years of independence from British rule. On 6 March 1957, Ghana’s founding president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, declared: “at long last, Ghana your beloved country is free forever” to the excitement of men, women and children gathered at the old Polo grounds in Accra. However, over six decades on, has Ghana lived up to her… Read more
Potential unfulfilled: Africa’s agriculture and the Rural Sector performance in the 2017 IIAG
Feed Africa is the second of the five development goals, also known as the High 5s, that the President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, outlined in his inaugural address in September 2015. As the most important sector in Africa’s economy, contributing approximately to 15.0% of its GDP, agriculture has an enormous potential… Read more
