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Tony Blair speaks to See Africa Differently about how the '21st century can be Africa's century'
Tony Blair recently spoke with the See Africa Differently team about his optimism for the continent, what he hopes to achieve at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan and what he thinks of the campaign to portray the modern, progressive Africa. ...
Tony Blair Speaks with the Gates Foundation's Impatient Optimists
Last week Amy Enright, from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sat down with former Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss aid, leadership and what he means by 'giving aid to end aid'....
Andy Ratcliffe on Tony Blair's speech and the emerging debates in the UK development community
"What made the event particularly powerful for me was the sense that it was part of a vibrant wider debate on the future of support for development -including, but not limited to a discussion of aid effectiveness."...
More Than Aid: An Interview with Kate Gross
Kate Gross, AGI's Chief Executive, tells Dynamics magazine about our work and ambitions for the future....
Tony Blair challenges international community to eliminate aid dependency within a generation
Tony Blair today set out his vision for how Africa working with the international community can eliminate aid dependence within a generation. He said: “Capacity is the answer; indeed the only long term answer. It has to be built in partnership with developing countries and through systems of effective and structured decision making. Around the world the lessons are there and available. ...
Tony Blair: New World Bank Rankings show Sierra Leone is fast becoming a great place to do business
“Today’s World Bank report shows that Sierra Leone is fast becoming a great place to do business. Go there today and you will see that it is a country on the move with huge numerous investment opportunities. I am in no doubt that this is the result of the President’s pledge to run the country like a business, an approach that has the country firmly on the path to aid independence.”...
AGI CEO Kate Gross named among the UK's next generation of development leaders
Kate Gross has been chosen as one of the Devex 40-under-40 international development leaders in London. Devex, the world's largest community of aid and development professionals, named Kate along with leaders from Oxfam, Save the Children, and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, as one of the 40 young leaders with the biggest influence on the development agenda and impact on development results. The London 40 follows last year's Washington 40 including USAID head Raj Shah....
Governance in Liberia and Sierra Leone: "The biggest success story...this year"
Mo Ibrahim praised the striking improvements made by two of AGI’s partner governments – Liberia and Sierra Leone – in overall governance quality at the launch of the 2011 Ibrahim Index of African Governance. ...
Tony Blair Congratulates President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on her Nobel Peace Prize
Tony Blair, Founder of the Africa Governance Initiative, said: “It is difficult to think of a more deserving recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize than President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia. As Africa’s first female Head of State, she is undoubtedly a powerful symbol of the continent’s progress......
The Africa America Institute Celebrates Sierra Leone - "A Country On The Move"
The Africa America Institute (AAI) hosted its 27th Annual Awards Dinner Gala in New York in honour of the people of Sierra Leone. ...
