Africa's right to development — Mo Ibrahim
from In Pursuit of Development Hosted by Mo Ibrahim, Dan Banik
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 2022 Host: Professor Dan Banik, University of Oslo, Twitter: @danbanik @GlobalDevPod Apple Google Spotify YouTube https://in-pursuit-of-development.simplecast.com/ Host: Professor Dan Banik, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-banik/ Subscribe: Apple Spotify YouTube https://globaldevpod.substack.com/
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Dan Banik and Mo Ibrahim discuss the drivers of poverty and underdevelopment on the African continent, what good leadership entails, and how African countries can make a stronger case for their priorities in the global climate debate.
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