Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces new updates to the Ibrahim Index of African Governance data portal

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has enhanced its Ibrahim Index Data Portal, a vital resource for benchmarking public governance across all 54 African nations. This updated platform offers an interactive interface that simplifies the exploration of complex datasets, making critical governance metrics more accessible to data journalists, researchers, and civil society organizations. By visualizing ten-year trends, the portal empowers users to deeply analyze performance in areas like rule of law, health, and economic opportunity. Key features include detailed country profiles and measure pages that allow users to compare individual nations against continental averages. These tools enable stakeholders to drill down into specific indicators, identifying which countries have shown the most improvement or deterioration in governance standards. This granular view facilitates a nuanced understanding of political, social, and economic service delivery, highlighting where governments succeed or fail in providing public goods to their citizens. This resource is highly relevant to the open data movement as it democratizes access to high-quality, standardized information on national performance. By providing comparable data and analytical tools, the initiative supports evidence-based advocacy and accountability. It enables citizens and NGOs to hold governments responsible for delivering promised services, fostering transparency and encouraging data-driven policy improvements across the African continent.

Source: thesierraleonetelegraph.com
Published on 2025-07-29

Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces new updates to the Ibrahim Index of African Governance data portal

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