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Tony Blair: Supporting Good Leaders Can Help Make this “Africa’s Century”
In case you missed the live webcast, you can watch AGI Patron Tony Blair's speech at the Center for Global Development, followed by a Q&A with the Washington development community here ...
Tony Blair argues we must support visionary African leaders
"Sierra Leone's president has taken on the challenges faced by his country and we are helping him to turn political will and international aid into real results on the ground"...
AGI Patron Tony Blair at The Huffington Post on how we can support Africa's transformation
"The development community already invests a great deal in keeping Africa's leaders honest. The question is whether it invests enough in supporting them to succeed. Good leadership is about capacity, not just character."...
Not Just Aid: How Making Government Work Can Transform Africa
Tony Blair today set out his vision for a new partnership with Africa, in which the international community supports committed African leaders to transform their countries by making government work better. ...
Tony Blair visits Liberia to renew commitment to its development and hold talks with President
AGI's Patron began a one day visit to Liberia today to renew his commitment to the country’s progress and hold talks with the President, key officials and partners on Liberia’s development....
Tony Blair welcomes Sierra Leone government's roll out of “agricultural business centres”
AGI Patron Tony Blair opened the new “agricultural business centre” in Masiaka, Sierra Leone today, as part of the rollout of the Government’s ambitious Smallholder Commercialisation Programme to support 80,000 farming families....
World Bank praises Rwanda as one of the world’s leading business reformers
The World Bank today recognised Rwanda as the second most improved business reformer over the past five years as the country continued its rapid rise up the Bank’s Doing Business rankings. After leading the 2010 list of reformers amid a global economic recession, the East African country has jumped another 12 places to 58th in the 2011 index....
Act now to earn first mover advantage, Sierra Leone’s President tells investors
President Ernest Bai Koroma tells investors at the FT Empea 2010 Annual Leadership Forum that Sierra Leone is on the path to economic transformation....
AGI countries make headway in battle against corruption
Rwanda, Liberia and Sierra Leone are making strong progress in their fight against corruption according to Transparency International’s (TI) 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index, published yesterday....
AGI Patron Tony Blair praises Government of Rwanda’s progress towards MDGs
Rwanda has made remarkable progress towards the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), halving infant mortality and under five mortality since 2000 and bringing down the maternal mortality rate by two thirds. ...
