The Mo Ibrahim Foundation this year did not give out their prize for the Ibrahim Prize for the Achievement in African Leadership. The Foundation stated that previous candidates since the prize was launched have set a high bar, highlighting that no head of state on the continent was chosen for prize in 2016. Since being launched in 2006, the Ibrahim Prize has been awarded four times. The previous Laureates are President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia (2014), President Pedro Pires of Cabo Verde (2011), President Festus Mogae of Botswana (2008), and President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique (2007). Nelson Mandela was the inaugural Honorary Laureate in 2007. This has brought forth the question does Africa have a leadership vacuum?
To assist us on this subject:
• Dr Everisto Benyera, Lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of South
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• Professor Shadrack Gutto: Professor and Editor at the Institute for African Renaissance Studies.
