Your article was misleading :: Mmegi Online

I am writing on behalf of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to clear up a few elements of an article recently published in Mmegi entitled ‘Mea Culpa, for thinking Botswana was a banana republic’.

The main inaccuracy is the implication that the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) awards the Ibrahim Prize. This occurs in the second paragraph and the fourth and fifth from last paragraphs. While the IIAG and Ibrahim Prize are both sponsored by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, it is inaccurate to say the IIAG awards the Prize. The Prize is given based on the recommendation of a Prize Committee, which is completely separate from the research team that produces the IIAG. Moreover, the awarding of the Prize is not based on the IIAG.

I have taken the liberty of including the inaccurate paragraphs here, with recommendations on how to amend them so they are accurate reflections of the IIAG and the Prize:

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