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💬 “The Johannesburg summit was short, symbolically enormous, and strategically precise.”
Aaliyah Vayez, international relations analyst and #NGN member, reflects on the G20 Summit and how the South African Presidency breathed life back into multilateralism.
📖 Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4pFvCuc
Aaliyah Vayez, international relations analyst and #NGN member, reflects on the G20 Summit and how the South African Presidency breathed life back into multilateralism.
📖 Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4pFvCuc
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
💬 “The Johannesburg summit was short, symbolically enormous, and strategically precise.”
Aaliyah Vayez, international relations analyst and #NGN member, reflects on the G20 Summit and how the South African Presidency breathed life back into multilateralism.
📖 Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4pFvCuc
Aaliyah Vayez, international relations analyst and #NGN member, reflects on the G20 Summit and how the South African Presidency breathed life back into multilateralism.
📖 Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4pFvCuc
IIAG data show strong progress in laws on violence against women, but challenges remain.
As we mark #EndVAW Day, turning legal protection into real safety must remain a priority.
📊 More via the #IIAG: https://iiag.online/measures/womeq.html
As we mark #EndVAW Day, turning legal protection into real safety must remain a priority.
📊 More via the #IIAG: https://iiag.online/measures/womeq.html
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
IIAG data show strong progress in laws on violence against women, but challenges remain.
As we mark #EndVAW Day, turning legal protection into real safety must remain a priority.
📊 More via the #IIAG: https://iiag.online/measures/womeq.html
As we mark #EndVAW Day, turning legal protection into real safety must remain a priority.
📊 More via the #IIAG: https://iiag.online/measures/womeq.html
📸 Bissau-Guineans are getting ready to vote in the general election. Here are key facts drawn from our #IIAG data on governance.
📊 Guinea-Bissau’s Overall Governance score improved by +1.0 points to 40.9 between 2014 and 2023.
Explore here: https://iiag.online/
📊 Guinea-Bissau’s Overall Governance score improved by +1.0 points to 40.9 between 2014 and 2023.
Explore here: https://iiag.online/
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📸 Bissau-Guineans are getting ready to vote in the general election. Here are key facts drawn from our #IIAG data on governance.
📊 Guinea-Bissau’s Overall Governance score improved by +1.0 points to 40.9 between 2014 and 2023.
Explore here: https://iiag.online/
📊 Guinea-Bissau’s Overall Governance score improved by +1.0 points to 40.9 between 2014 and 2023.
Explore here: https://iiag.online/
📸 La Guinée-Bissau se prépare à voter. Voici des chiffres clés tirés de nos données de l'Indice Ibrahim #IIAG.
📊 Le score de Gouvernance globale de la Guinée-Bissau s’est amélioré de +1,0 point pour atteindre 40,9 entre 2014 et 2023. En savoir plus : https://iiag.online/fr/#
📊 Le score de Gouvernance globale de la Guinée-Bissau s’est amélioré de +1,0 point pour atteindre 40,9 entre 2014 et 2023. En savoir plus : https://iiag.online/fr/#
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📸 La Guinée-Bissau se prépare à voter. Voici des chiffres clés tirés de nos données de l'Indice Ibrahim #IIAG.
📊 Le score de Gouvernance globale de la Guinée-Bissau s’est amélioré de +1,0 point pour atteindre 40,9 entre 2014 et 2023. En savoir plus : https://iiag.online/fr/#
📊 Le score de Gouvernance globale de la Guinée-Bissau s’est amélioré de +1,0 point pour atteindre 40,9 entre 2014 et 2023. En savoir plus : https://iiag.online/fr/#
Ahead of the #AUEU25 Summit in Luanda, we asked our Now Generation Network how they see the Africa–Europe partnership – and what their priorities are at this year’s Summit.
📄 Discover the key insights: https://bit.ly/49DgpFf
📄 Discover the key insights: https://bit.ly/49DgpFf
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ahead of the #AUEU25 Summit in Luanda, we asked our Now Generation Network how they see the Africa–Europe partnership – and what their priorities are at this year’s Summit.
📄 Discover the key insights: https://bit.ly/49DgpFf
📄 Discover the key insights: https://bit.ly/49DgpFf
🌍 Gender equality on the G20 agenda. This weekend, world leaders gather in South Africa for the G20 Leaders' Summit — and gender equality and women’s empowerment are set to feature prominently.
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🌍 Gender equality on the G20 agenda. This weekend, world leaders gather in South Africa for the G20 Leaders' Summit — and gender equality and women’s empowerment are set to feature prominently.
💡 The global financial system is no longer fit for purpose.
Our recent data story, Reforming the global debt architecture, sets out four key steps to deliver smarter money and better processes. #G20
📊 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/reforming-global-debt-architecture
Our recent data story, Reforming the global debt architecture, sets out four key steps to deliver smarter money and better processes. #G20
📊 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/reforming-global-debt-architecture
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
💡 The global financial system is no longer fit for purpose.
Our recent data story, Reforming the global debt architecture, sets out four key steps to deliver smarter money and better processes. #G20
📊 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/reforming-global-debt-architecture
Our recent data story, Reforming the global debt architecture, sets out four key steps to deliver smarter money and better processes. #G20
📊 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/reforming-global-debt-architecture
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As “aid” dwindled, international trade disappointed, and tax earnings underwhelmed, African governments went on a borrowing spree. Our external debt has tripled since 2009, according to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s 2024 Financing Africa report.
Global loan sharks just love our hungry, hungry hippos
Gobble, gobble, gobble – it’s undignified, but who cares, say the gluttonous functionaries
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November 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
As “aid” dwindled, international trade disappointed, and tax earnings underwhelmed, African governments went on a borrowing spree. Our external debt has tripled since 2009, according to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s 2024 Financing Africa report.
🛡️ Adaptation first. Africa emits least but faces some of the harshest climate impacts.
In 2021/22, only ~2.8% of global climate finance reached Africa and just 36% of that helped people adapt. #COP30
Read the research here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
In 2021/22, only ~2.8% of global climate finance reached Africa and just 36% of that helped people adapt. #COP30
Read the research here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🛡️ Adaptation first. Africa emits least but faces some of the harshest climate impacts.
In 2021/22, only ~2.8% of global climate finance reached Africa and just 36% of that helped people adapt. #COP30
Read the research here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
In 2021/22, only ~2.8% of global climate finance reached Africa and just 36% of that helped people adapt. #COP30
Read the research here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
As #COP30 opens in Belém, the Planetary Guardians have issued an open letter calling for urgent global action to phase out fossil fuels & accelerate the clean energy transition.
Signed by Mo Ibrahim & Council members Mary Robinson, Paul Polman & Graça Machel.
Signed by Mo Ibrahim & Council members Mary Robinson, Paul Polman & Graça Machel.
The world must unite around a climate plan
Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, the Planetary Guardians and friends call for a bold plan to phase out fossil fuels and build a clean, secure energy future for all.
🔗: https://bit.ly/49a8b7k
Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, the Planetary Guardians and friends call for a bold plan to phase out fossil fuels and build a clean, secure energy future for all.
🔗: https://bit.ly/49a8b7k
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As #COP30 opens in Belém, the Planetary Guardians have issued an open letter calling for urgent global action to phase out fossil fuels & accelerate the clean energy transition.
Signed by Mo Ibrahim & Council members Mary Robinson, Paul Polman & Graça Machel.
Signed by Mo Ibrahim & Council members Mary Robinson, Paul Polman & Graça Machel.
🔋 Africa’s just energy transition
Despite ~40% of global renewables potential, Africa gets ~2% of clean-energy investment. With #COP30 in Belém, it’s time to act.
Read our new research ⬇️
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
Despite ~40% of global renewables potential, Africa gets ~2% of clean-energy investment. With #COP30 in Belém, it’s time to act.
Read our new research ⬇️
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🔋 Africa’s just energy transition
Despite ~40% of global renewables potential, Africa gets ~2% of clean-energy investment. With #COP30 in Belém, it’s time to act.
Read our new research ⬇️
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
Despite ~40% of global renewables potential, Africa gets ~2% of clean-energy investment. With #COP30 in Belém, it’s time to act.
Read our new research ⬇️
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
Citizen Digital speaks with two of our experts: Mandipa Ndlovu and Nic Cheeseman
https://www.citizen.digital/article/african-elections-often-lack-a-crucial-component-an-opposition-n372338
https://www.citizen.digital/article/african-elections-often-lack-a-crucial-component-an-opposition-n372338
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Citizen Digital speaks with two of our experts: Mandipa Ndlovu and Nic Cheeseman
https://www.citizen.digital/article/african-elections-often-lack-a-crucial-component-an-opposition-n372338
https://www.citizen.digital/article/african-elections-often-lack-a-crucial-component-an-opposition-n372338
🌍 Only 6% of the SDGs are on track to be met in Africa by 2030.
We’ve translated our latest COP30 analysis into an interactive data story, bringing the key facts, charts and priorities to life ahead of Belém.
🔗Explore it here:
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
We’ve translated our latest COP30 analysis into an interactive data story, bringing the key facts, charts and priorities to life ahead of Belém.
🔗Explore it here:
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
Africa on the road to COP30
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November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🌍 Only 6% of the SDGs are on track to be met in Africa by 2030.
We’ve translated our latest COP30 analysis into an interactive data story, bringing the key facts, charts and priorities to life ahead of Belém.
🔗Explore it here:
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
We’ve translated our latest COP30 analysis into an interactive data story, bringing the key facts, charts and priorities to life ahead of Belém.
🔗Explore it here:
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
🌱Launching “On the road to COP30: from Addis Ababa to Belém.” Africa’s message is clear: climate ambition and development must go hand in hand.
#COP30
Read it here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-11/africa-on-the-road-to-cop30.pdf
#COP30
Read it here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-11/africa-on-the-road-to-cop30.pdf
On the Road to COP30 — from Addis Ababa to Belém
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November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🌱Launching “On the road to COP30: from Addis Ababa to Belém.” Africa’s message is clear: climate ambition and development must go hand in hand.
#COP30
Read it here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-11/africa-on-the-road-to-cop30.pdf
#COP30
Read it here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-11/africa-on-the-road-to-cop30.pdf
⏰️At #CNNGlobalPerspectives, Mo Ibrahim called the “new world disorder” a wake-up call, urged action to restore the rule of law, stressed that without peace there is no development, and that Africa’s youth are its greatest asset and must be given opportunities to lead.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
⏰️At #CNNGlobalPerspectives, Mo Ibrahim called the “new world disorder” a wake-up call, urged action to restore the rule of law, stressed that without peace there is no development, and that Africa’s youth are its greatest asset and must be given opportunities to lead.
🔔 Tomorrow: In conversation with Bright Simmons “Navigating ‘Katanomics’: Youth Leadership in Africa’s Governance Transformation”
📆 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 3PM GMT (4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (#NGN)
👉 Register: https://t.co/fOKXnngYjN https://t.co/OxZtWu3vMp
📆 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 3PM GMT (4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (#NGN)
👉 Register: https://t.co/fOKXnngYjN https://t.co/OxZtWu3vMp
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🔔 Tomorrow: In conversation with Bright Simmons “Navigating ‘Katanomics’: Youth Leadership in Africa’s Governance Transformation”
📆 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 3PM GMT (4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (#NGN)
👉 Register: https://t.co/fOKXnngYjN https://t.co/OxZtWu3vMp
📆 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 3PM GMT (4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (#NGN)
👉 Register: https://t.co/fOKXnngYjN https://t.co/OxZtWu3vMp
💰 Africa’s citizens are paying an invisible tax
In a guest article, Marcus Courage (Africa Practice) & David McNair (The ONE Campaign) call for reform to fix the Africa Risk Premium.
📖 Read the article: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/invisible-tax-why-africas-citizens-paying-price
In a guest article, Marcus Courage (Africa Practice) & David McNair (The ONE Campaign) call for reform to fix the Africa Risk Premium.
📖 Read the article: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/invisible-tax-why-africas-citizens-paying-price
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
💰 Africa’s citizens are paying an invisible tax
In a guest article, Marcus Courage (Africa Practice) & David McNair (The ONE Campaign) call for reform to fix the Africa Risk Premium.
📖 Read the article: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/invisible-tax-why-africas-citizens-paying-price
In a guest article, Marcus Courage (Africa Practice) & David McNair (The ONE Campaign) call for reform to fix the Africa Risk Premium.
📖 Read the article: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/invisible-tax-why-africas-citizens-paying-price
💡 How can Africa move its digital landscape from gaps to goals?
Our new policy brief with European Think Tanks Group explores the digital divide and offers 7 recommendations for sustainable digital growth.
📖 Read the full brief here: https://ettg.eu/digital-transformation-africa-gaps-to-goals/
Our new policy brief with European Think Tanks Group explores the digital divide and offers 7 recommendations for sustainable digital growth.
📖 Read the full brief here: https://ettg.eu/digital-transformation-africa-gaps-to-goals/
Digital Transformation in Africa: From Gaps to Goals - newettg
November, 2025 Our policy brief, authored by Ben Crumpton, Melis Baydag, Niels Keijzer, Camilla Rocca, and Benedikt Erforth, delves into the multifaceted landscape of Africa’s digital transformation. ...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
💡 How can Africa move its digital landscape from gaps to goals?
Our new policy brief with European Think Tanks Group explores the digital divide and offers 7 recommendations for sustainable digital growth.
📖 Read the full brief here: https://ettg.eu/digital-transformation-africa-gaps-to-goals/
Our new policy brief with European Think Tanks Group explores the digital divide and offers 7 recommendations for sustainable digital growth.
📖 Read the full brief here: https://ettg.eu/digital-transformation-africa-gaps-to-goals/
We attended #TanaForum2025, Africa’s annual dialogue on peace, security and governance, held under “Africa in an Evolving Global Order.”
Our takeaways: empower regional economic communities to act, make delivery visible, and govern resources for broad-based stability.
Our takeaways: empower regional economic communities to act, make delivery visible, and govern resources for broad-based stability.
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We attended #TanaForum2025, Africa’s annual dialogue on peace, security and governance, held under “Africa in an Evolving Global Order.”
Our takeaways: empower regional economic communities to act, make delivery visible, and govern resources for broad-based stability.
Our takeaways: empower regional economic communities to act, make delivery visible, and govern resources for broad-based stability.
🎥 Mo Ibrahim at The Economist’s Sustainability Week Africa
In “A Wake-Up Call to Africa”, Mo sets out a practical plan urging Africans to lead the continent’s development, rooted in governance, energy, markets, and local value creation.
https://youtu.be/cic3lb2Q2aA
In “A Wake-Up Call to Africa”, Mo sets out a practical plan urging Africans to lead the continent’s development, rooted in governance, energy, markets, and local value creation.
https://youtu.be/cic3lb2Q2aA
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October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🎥 Mo Ibrahim at The Economist’s Sustainability Week Africa
In “A Wake-Up Call to Africa”, Mo sets out a practical plan urging Africans to lead the continent’s development, rooted in governance, energy, markets, and local value creation.
https://youtu.be/cic3lb2Q2aA
In “A Wake-Up Call to Africa”, Mo sets out a practical plan urging Africans to lead the continent’s development, rooted in governance, energy, markets, and local value creation.
https://youtu.be/cic3lb2Q2aA
✨New feature alert!
It's now possible to create your own custom groups on the IIAG data portal.
In addition to the system groups, based on geographical and economic regions, you can now add your own to explore and share aggregate scores, change and trends.
🔗Try it out now at iiag.online
It's now possible to create your own custom groups on the IIAG data portal.
In addition to the system groups, based on geographical and economic regions, you can now add your own to explore and share aggregate scores, change and trends.
🔗Try it out now at iiag.online
October 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
✨New feature alert!
It's now possible to create your own custom groups on the IIAG data portal.
In addition to the system groups, based on geographical and economic regions, you can now add your own to explore and share aggregate scores, change and trends.
🔗Try it out now at iiag.online
It's now possible to create your own custom groups on the IIAG data portal.
In addition to the system groups, based on geographical and economic regions, you can now add your own to explore and share aggregate scores, change and trends.
🔗Try it out now at iiag.online
🔔 In conversation with: Bright Simons — “Navigating ‘Katanomics’: Youth Leadership in Africa’s Governance Transformation”
📅 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 🕒 3PM GMT (4PM WAT | 5PM SAST | 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (NGN)
👉 Register: mif.link/katanomics
📅 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 🕒 3PM GMT (4PM WAT | 5PM SAST | 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (NGN)
👉 Register: mif.link/katanomics
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🔔 In conversation with: Bright Simons — “Navigating ‘Katanomics’: Youth Leadership in Africa’s Governance Transformation”
📅 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 🕒 3PM GMT (4PM WAT | 5PM SAST | 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (NGN)
👉 Register: mif.link/katanomics
📅 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 🕒 3PM GMT (4PM WAT | 5PM SAST | 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (NGN)
👉 Register: mif.link/katanomics
DR Congo’s vast mineral wealth isn’t benefiting its people. Armed groups compete for control and deepen the extractive model.
Learn more about the drivers of insecurity in DR Congo 👉🏿 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
Learn more about the drivers of insecurity in DR Congo 👉🏿 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
DR Congo’s vast mineral wealth isn’t benefiting its people. Armed groups compete for control and deepen the extractive model.
Learn more about the drivers of insecurity in DR Congo 👉🏿 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
Learn more about the drivers of insecurity in DR Congo 👉🏿 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
🚨 Africa’s security environment and domestic resources are locked in a deathly grip.
Download our latest research brief to learn more: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
Download our latest research brief to learn more: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨 Africa’s security environment and domestic resources are locked in a deathly grip.
Download our latest research brief to learn more: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
Download our latest research brief to learn more: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
📍 We’re at #TanaForum2025 (24–26 Oct, Ethiopia) under the theme “Africa in an Evolving Global Order.”
Follow along for takeaways on peace, security, & governance.
🔗 Read the report: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
Follow along for takeaways on peace, security, & governance.
🔗 Read the report: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
mo.ibrahim.foundation
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📍 We’re at #TanaForum2025 (24–26 Oct, Ethiopia) under the theme “Africa in an Evolving Global Order.”
Follow along for takeaways on peace, security, & governance.
🔗 Read the report: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf
Follow along for takeaways on peace, security, & governance.
🔗 Read the report: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-10/research-brief-conflicts-natural-resources.pdf