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Open Letter Urging G20 Leaders to Upgrade the Global Financial System
An open letter urging G20 leaders to upgrade the global financial system has been published today. Mo has endorsed this letter, which highlights the need to address climate change, conflict, and inequality that threaten our future. The letter emphasises that the current financial institutions are not doing enough to tackle these crises, and… Read more
Statement on the one-year anniversary of war in Sudan
Today marks one year since the beginning of the current conflict in Sudan, resulting in one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises: 9 million refugees and internally displaced people, millions at risk of acute food insecurity and famine – and tens of thousands of lives already lost. The world is facing many challenges, but we must… Read more
Webinar recap - Financing Africa: where is the money? Assessing Africa’s needs
On Friday, 5 April 2024, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation organised a webinar discussing the theme of financing Africa while posing the multimillion-dollar question, where is the money? This webinar is the first three-part series that discusses this theme from different angles and perspectives drawing from the 2024 Now Generation Network (NGN) Survey… Read more
NGN 2024 Survey Section 1 Key Findings: Assessing Africa’s Needs
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s (MIF) theme for 2024 is Financing Africa. To inform the upcoming research report on the theme, in February-March 2024, MIF surveyed almost a hundred respondents from 54 African countries. For the next three months, MIF will host webinars aimed at unpacking the results of the survey. This month’s one focuses on Assessing… Read more, The success of any strategy linked to 'Financing Africa' is inextricably connected with good governance that is conducted in the interest of achieving public goals rather than for the political aspirations of state leaders. Climate change has the largest sector financing gap in Africa Which sector in African countries has the largest… Read more, Over 50% of respondents chose Climate change (30.9%) and Infrastructure (20.6%) as the sectors with the largest financing gaps in Africa. Respondents found Security (8.2%) to have the least significant financing gap, which may be related to the low priority accorded to the sector (ranked 6th for 36.1%) Africa needs its own Financing… Read more, The largest majority of respondents (69.1%) selected Climate adaptation as Africa’s top climate priority followed by mitigation (14.4%) The remaining 17% of respondents mainly chose Humanitarian support for natural disaster victims (8.2%), Loss and damage (5.2%). Polluting countries should honour their commitments to support adaptation… Read more, Collectively, almost 70% of respondents chose Education (35.1%) and Employment (34.0%) as the African youth’s greatest financing need. Education and skills training emerged as a prominent financial need and priority sector in Africa throughout the survey. Respondents selected it as a top priority and among the top 3 sectors with the largest… Read more
Mini webinar series - Financing Africa: Where is the money?
This mini webinar series is dedicated to the theme of Financing Africa and is composed of three sessions: Assessing Africa’s sustainable development needs. Evaluate the resources the continent receives from partners. Exploring how Africa can leverage its own wealth to bridge its financial gap. Based on key findings from the 2024 NGN… Read more
Cancellation of the 2024 Ibrahim Governance Weekend (26-28 April)
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2024 Ibrahim Governance Weekend. We acknowledge the cooperation we have received from the Governor of Lagos and the Nigerian government. Insurmountable administrative difficulties have made it impossible to hold our event this April. Our work around the 2024 Ibrahim… Read more
Mo at the KAPTalks event on Challenges in African governance, leadership & democracy at Gothenburg University
On Tuesday, 19 March during the KAPTalks event on Challenges in African governance, leadership & democracy at Gothenburg University, Mo expressed his opinion on infrastructure in Africa. He stated that the infrastructure of Africa is designed to serve the extractive purpose of colonialism, rather than connecting countries and… Read more
Webinar Recap – FTYIP
On Friday, 1 March 2024, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation hosted a webinar discussing the implementation of the African Union Agenda 2063 and the First Ten-Year Implementation Plan (FTYIP) (2014-2023). Building on key takeaways from the 37th AU Summit (17-18 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), the main focus of the webinar was to discuss… Read more
MIF’s University of Birmingham Scholarship
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is pleased to announce that the University of Birmingham scholarship at the International Development Department is now open. The scholarship offers a two–year master’s degree in MSc Development Policy and Politics, including an internship at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The successful candidate will undertake… Read more
Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces no winner of the 2023 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
The independent Prize Committee has announced that there will be no winner of the 2023 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. This prize is awarded to exceptional candidates who meet rigorous selection criteria for excellence, but it's not necessarily awarded every year. This marks the third consecutive year that the Prize has… Read more
