Mo Ibrahim: Africa Better Governed Than At Start Of Century

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He added saying “”Its no coincidence that improvements in African governance came after ’90. The Cold War’s end was the most important thing for Africa.

However, the report showed declines in 3 sub-categories: Personal Safety, Rule of Law & Rights while health was the greatest success story of Africa in the last 10 years.

Established in 2007, the IIAG is the most comprehensive collection of quantitative data on governance in Africa. Compiled in partnership with experts from a number of the continent’s institutions, it provides an annual assessment of governance in every African country.

The IIAG provides a framework for citizens, governments, institutions and business to assess the delivery of public goods and services, and policy outcomes, across Africa.

MIF Board members and Ibrahim Prize committee members at the launch. The Foundation announced that there was no winner for this year's Ibrahim Prize. — MIF Board members and Ibrahim Prize committee members at the launch. The Foundation announced that there was no winner for this year’s Ibrahim Prize.

The foundation singled former conflict-hit nations for the strides they had made in governance.

“Rwanda and other post-conflict countries including Angola and Sierra Leone are doing well” – MIF Executive Director Nathalie Delapalme said.

Meanwhile there was no winner for his year’s Mo Ibrahim prize.

“There is no winner for this year’s Ibrahim Prize” Salim Ahmed Salim, the Committee Chair announced on Monday.

“We hope that those who aspire to the prize will live up to the performance of our 3 Laureates” – Salim said.

The three laureates include: Joaquim Alberto Chissano, former Mozambique president (2007), Botswana’s former president Festus Gontebanye Mogae (2008) and Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires who served as Head of State of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2010. He won the prize in 2011.

Former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was awarded an honorary Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership in 2007.

Last year, retired Archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu won a special award from the prestigious Mo Ibrahim Foundation in recognition of his Lifelong Commitment to Speaking Truth to Power.

Tutu heads The Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship which was founded in 2003 and is the flagship programme of the African Leadership Institute (AfLI). It is awarded annually to 20-25 outstanding young Africans between the ages of 25 and 40 who are expected to become leaders in their fields during the next decade.

Red Pepper’s Arinaitwe Rugyendo, a member of the 2012 Tutu class is among these young enterprising African leaders.

Facts about the Mo Ibrahim Foundation:

Established in 2006, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation supports good governance and great leadership in Africa.

The Foundation works to: Provide a framework and tools by which citizens and governments can assess and measure progress in governance, recognize excellence in African leadership and provide a practical way in which leaders can build positive legacies on the continent when they have left national office, Stimulate debate on the quality of governance and major governance issues in Africa and Develop leadership and governance capacity on the continent.

These aims are achieved through the Foundation’s four major programme areas: The Ibrahim Index of African Governance, The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, The Ibrahim Discussion Forum and Capacity Building Programmes.