Mo Ibrahim - Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Mo Ibrahim Foundation

In 2006 Ibrahim created the Mo Ibrahim Foundationin founded in London England. In 2007, the Foundation inaugurated the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, with the first recipient former president Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique.

The Foundation publishes the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, ranking the performance of all 53 African countries. Until 2009, the Index took into account only the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.