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Africa's right to development — Mo Ibrahim
Africa's right to development — Mo Ibrahim
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Oct 19, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese-British entrepreneur, founded one of the largest mobile phone companies that operated on the African continent. In 2006, he established the Mo Ibrahim Foundation with the goal of fostering improved governance. The foundation publishes The Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which assesses governance performance in 54 African countries. It also awards the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership (worth $5 million) to African leaders who have successfully delivered security, health, education, and economic development to their constituents and have democratically transferred power to their successors.Resources:The Road to COP27 Making Africa’s Case in the Global Climate Debate(July 2022)"Billionaire Mo Ibrahim attacks ‘hypocrisy’ over Africa’s gas", The Guardian, 17 October 2022Host:Professor Dan Banik, University of Oslo, Twitter: @danbanik @GlobalDevPodApple Google Spotify YouTubehttps://in-pursuit-of-development.simplecast.com/
Released:
Oct 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Dreaming of electricity: Over 570 million people living in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to lack access to electricity. And the problem is particularly acute in rural areas. Why is this so? And what types of strategies should policymakers on the African continent pursue? by In Pursuit of Development