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Andy Ratcliffe talks to the Guardian about governance and Africa
AGI’s Director of Strategy and Development Andy Ratcliffe and Boston Consulting Group partner Doug Beal joined the Guardian’s Eliza Anyangwe to talk about sustainable economic development, governance and growing south-south cooperation in Africa. ...
Tony Blair visits Guinea and praises timetable for legislative elections
After his two day visit to Sierra Leone, Tony Blair made a brief visit to the Guinean capital Conakry to meet with President Alpha Conde and the AGI team in the country. ...
Tony Blair visits Sierra Leone as AGI continues work supporting President Koroma's second term
This week Tony Blair made his first visit to Sierra Leone since the re-election of President Ernest Bai Koroma in November 2012. During his two day trip he and President Koroma discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by the country over the coming five years and the implementation of the 'Agenda for Prosperity' the Government's flagship development plan....
Sierra Leone and Liberia qualify for Millennium Challenge Corporation status
At its quarterly meeting this week, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors selected Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, Morocco, and Tanzania as eligible to develop proposals for new compacts. This significant decision, taken by the MCC Board means that Sierra Leone and Liberia can now propose new ‘compacts’ with the Corporation to help support reform and growth within each respective country....
Tony Blair visits Rwanda and South Sudan
This week Tony Blair visited Kigali and Juba in his role as Patron of the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI). During the planned visit Mr Blair met with President Kagame and President Salva Kiir as well as the AGI teams working to improve effective governance and build capacity in the centre of government in each country....
From Theory to Reality: South-South Cooperation in Africa
Dr Malte Gerhold, AGI’s Project Head in Sierra Leone recently joined representatives from President Koroma’s Government in an exchange with their counterparts in the Government of Rwanda. In this Huffington Post piece he looks back at that visit and the growing trend in south-south development cooperation. ...
Blog: Corruption in Liberia: perceptions and reality
In his latest blog AGI's Liberia Project Head Rupert Simons looks at the results of this week's Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 and the progress being made by Liberia. ...
Tony Blair writes for CNN International
In an exclusive piece for CNN online, Tony Blair talks about the need for renewal in global governance and how the growing economies of Africa must be integrated into the global economy. ...
New Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA) launched by the Boston Consulting Group
Tony Blair has authored the foreword to a new report from the Boston Consulting Group which outlines the key findings from its first annual Sustainable Economic Development Assessment tool. ...
President Koroma re-elected President of Sierra Leone
After a Presidential election, which was widely praised for being free and fair, President Ernest Bai Koroma has been re-elected for a second term in office. He is the fourth democratically elected President of Sierra Leone which is enjoying growing stability and economic growth after a scarred recent past. ...
