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Tony Blair at Stanford | A new approach for a new Africa

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a Stanford audience that much-needed economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa cannot go forward without improvements in governance.

Africa Has The Potential To Be The Success Story Of The 21st Century

Africa has the potential to be the success story of the 21st century. The Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative is pioneering a new way of working with African countries to help turn this ambition into action. We are equipping committed African leaders with the capacity to deliver the public services which their citizens have a right to expect, to tackle deep-rooted poverty, and to attract the sustainable investment to build strong economies for the future.

Tony Blair: Rwanda Genocide Commemoration 2012

A New Approach to a New Africa, Times CEO Summit Africa

A summary of Tony Blair's speech on "A New Approach to a New Africa" at The Times CEO Summit Africa.

Read the transcript and Tony Blair's article for the Times in the lead up to the speech.

^{Courtesy of the The Times CEO Summit Africa.}

Busan: Tony Blair answers questions on how we can better use aid to build capacity

Following his Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectivness Panel, Tony Blair responds to questions from Save the Children's Chief Executive, Justin Forsyth and Michael Scharff, Senior Research Specialist at Innovations for Successful Societies, Princeton University.

Busan: Tony Blair answers questions on how we can identify and support African leaders

Following his Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectivness Panel, Tony Blair responds to the questions from the Overseas Development Institute's Director Alison Evans and the London School of Economics Dr Linje Manyozo on the international community can better support African leaders, including developing young political leadership.

Tony Blair on ending aid dependence within a generation

Tony Blair set out his vision for how Africa working with the international community can eliminate aid dependence within a generation.

The Patron of the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative was speaking at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) event series on "Busan and beyond: aid effectiveness in a new era." 

Speaking on the topic "Rethinking leadership for development" Tony Blair talked about the need to use aid to end aid by helping African governments to build their capacity to deliver for their people.

Tony Blair: Supporting Good Leaders Can Help Make this “Africa’s Century”

Supporting good leaders in Africa is crucial to development success and can help make the continent the driving economic force of the 21st century, AGI's Patron Tony Blair said in a speech at a CGD event.

Tony Blair announces speech on why leadership matters for Africa

AGI Patron Tony Blair will be speaking at the Center for Global Development in Washington DC tomorrow, on his vision for a new partnership with Africa.

The speech will be followed by a Q&A session with the President of the Center, Nancy Birdsall, and will be streamed live here.

The speech coincides with the publication of a pamphlet by Tony Blair, entitled “Not Just Aid: How Making Government Work Can Transform Africa” which will be available on the Center for Global Development website shortly after the speech.

“Africa is the next great opportunity for investors” - AGI Patron Tony Blair

AGI Patron Tony Blair sends a message to the Africa Investor Series Summit  which took place on Friday 17 September 2010 in New York