Mo Ibrahim, AfDB to live-stream discussion on governance
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The event, "The Critical Role of Leadership and Governance for Africa's Transformation," will be streamed live tomorrow, Wednesday. The panelists, including Dr Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, and Dr Mo Ibrahim, Chairman of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, will discuss the relevance of leadership and governance for Africa's transformation; the challenges of measuring progress in governance; and the way forward.The session will use three country-specific case studies, drawing on evidence from the Ibrahim Index of African Governance: Mauritius, Mozambique and Liberia.
Other high level representatives speaking at the event include;
Figures released by the country’s electoral management body have shown that a total of 1, 037, 684 people have registered to vote.However, eligible voters could be discouraged by events leading to the voting day like poor execution of advance voting amid talks that the elections could be unfair.There have also been threats by certain opposition politicians that shall the elections not be free and fair, they will halt them.Despite these...