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Rule of Law, Transparency & Accountability are key to improving public governance in Africa
Africa will not be able to seize the transformation opportunities often highlighted by regional and global development frameworks if governance shortcomings persist. Although it is difficult to measure precisely good governance and its costs, there are tools such as the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) that provide useful indices and… Read more
Education quality and the youth skills gap are marring progress in Africa
Q&A with David E Kiwuwa, Associate Professor of International Studies at the University of Nottingham, and Ibrahim Scholar Mandipa Ndlovu The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) measures and monitors Africa’s governance performance. It produces an impartial picture of governance performance in every country on the continent.… Read more
In Senegal, the left has given up fighting for its ideals - interview with MIF Scholar Rama Salla Dieng
According to academic Rama Salla Dieng, the Senegalese left, absent from the upcoming presidential election on 24 February, is paying for its successive compromises with the Liberals. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author. They do not reflect the opinions or views of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Interview by… Read more
To curb mass African migration, bring the jobs to Africa
The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.Even as we lived as refugees in Guinea, my father was never a big fan of mass migration. He saw it as a destroyer of family bonds and a disruptor of emigrant economies via brain drain. To make… Read more
African migrations: setting the picture right
The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.If we begin with the premise that the cradle of mankind is in Africa, then it goes to follow that migration has been a practice since time immemorial. It is not a new, 21st century challenge.… Read more
