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Following the Charles Taylor verdict Tony Blair reflects on how far Sierra Leone has come
Tony Blair tells ITV News how the trial will help the people of Sierra Leone "draw a line under the past" and disucusses how far they have come in the last 10 years. ...
Helena Thybell: Reflections from Sierra Leone
Helena Thybell, General Manager at the Swedish Postcode Foundation, reflects on her recent visit to Sierra Leone, examining how AGI works to support the Government of Sierra Leone ...
Rwanda Genocide Commemoration 18th Anniversary
AGI Patron Tony Blair joins Rwanda in commemorating the 18th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, as part of an annual mourning week to remember the hundreds of thousands of Rwandans who lost their lives in 1994....
Global Philanthropy Forum: Tony Blair outlines his philanthropic vision
Tony Blair, speaking at the Global Philanthropy Forum in Washington, made the case for the value of innovative philanthropy. You can read the full text of his speech here. You can also watch the "Co-designing for Impact" panel, featuring AGI's Chief Executive Kate Gross....
Governing in prose: Princeton case studies highlight the day-to-day challenges of reform
The importance of getting the details of implementation right is highlighted in a set of recent case studies by Innovations for Successful Societies a Princeton University research centre. The three studies centre on the Government of Sierra Leone’s efforts to introduce free health care, bring electricity to free town, and build a Strategy and Policy Unit in the Office of the President. ...
A New Approach to a New Africa
Africa Governance Initiative Founder and Patron Tony Blair discusses how perceptions of Africa need to shift to keep pace with the changes on the continent at The Times CEO Summit Africa. Watch the video and read his article published in The Times... ...
President Condé speaks on African leadership at Davos
President Alpha Condé’s calls for a new mindset among Africa’s leadership and greater pan-African cooperation were the talk of the town among the development crowd at Davos 2012. In his first appearance at the World Economic Forum, President Condé along with four of his African counterparts was taking part in a panel event, ‘Africa: From Transition to Transformation’....
Speech: A New Approach to a New Africa
Full text of Tony Blair's keynote speech to The Times CEO Africa Summit...
Tony Blair visits Liberia to renew partnership with President Johnson Sirleaf
Tony Blair arrived in Monrovia, Liberia on Wednesday for talks with President Johnson Sirleaf on her second term agenda and a new partnership to strengthen government effectiveness in Liberia. ...
Blair, Elumelu launch International Fellowship Programme to strengthen Sierra Leone’s private sector
Tony O. Elumelu, MFR, and Rt. Hon. Tony Blair formally launched an innovative programme that will support President Koroma’s drive to develop Sierra Leone’s domestic private sector. The Blair Elumelu Fellowship Programme (BEFP) will give partner governments access to experts drawn from the international private and public sectors....
