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Tony Blair: Sierra Leone has much to celebrate
"...a lot done and a lot to do" - Africa Governance Initiative Founder tells AFP that, ten years after the end of the war, the West African country is moving in the right direction....
Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative to support President of Guinea’s drive for national unity
Tony Blair was in Conakry this week to launch a new Africa Governance Initiative project to support President Alpha Conde’s government, nearly a year after the President came to power in the country’s first ever free and fair democratic election. ...
Capacity4Dev: Building Capacities To Get Things Done
Capacity4dev.eu recently spoke with AGI's Director of Strategy and Development, Andy Ratcliffe, on the international community's role in supporting a new generation of development-focused African leaders. "The time is right for donors to support the ambitions and visions of a new generation of development-focused African leaders, according to representatives from the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, who took part in the recent Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan."...
Africa Governance Initiative and the Government of Rwanda establish innovative new partnership
Tony Blair joined President Kagame in Rwanda this Friday to praise the launch of a new and innovative programme, the Strategic Capacity Building Initiative (SCBI), which will drive Rwanda’s development and has the potential to transform the way capacity development is done in Africa....
Optimism and Ownership Key at Busan
BLOG: AGI Chief Executive, Kate Gross, shares her reflections on the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness which took place in Busan, South Korea at the end of November. ...
USAID and Africa Governance Initiative Statement on the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
"We are optimists about Africa. Today, Africa offers opportunities one could scarcely imagine a generation ago. The continent is on the move. Economies are growing, creating jobs and improving livelihoods. Over the past decade, eight economies from Sub-Saharan Africa have more than doubled in size....
President Kagame singles out Africa Governance Initiative for praise at global forum on aid effectiveness
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda today singled out the work of the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) as a model of aid effectiveness, during his speech to the world's biggest forum for the developed and developing worlds to discuss how to make aid work. ...
"Countries can end their dependence on aid," Tony Blair tells BBC's Today Programme
Tony Blair tells Today presenter Sarah Montague that "within a generation, no country need be dependent on aid."...
Tony Blair: Ending Global Aid in a Generation
"Fifty years ago, the scene in Busan, South Korea, would have been a familiar image of international aid: sacks of grain stacked precariously on a crumbling dockside. But when national and development leaders gather in Busan this week to discuss the future of aid, they will see a very different place: the fifth-busiest commercial port in the world, transporting advanced technologies around the globe."...
"We're about to enter a new decade of exciting innovation in aid," Tony Blair tells ONE
Next week will be the first time in years we see former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair taking to the international stage and attending a high level forum with world leaders. The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectivenessin Busan, South Korea will review the progress made on former commitments to aid effectiveness, and showcase commitments that set a new agenda for development. Certainly one to watch....
