Our goals
Transforming Africa’s public sector
Africa's private sector is earning plaudits for its innovation and entrepreneurship, but the continent's public sector all too often draws negative comment; inefficiencies and a lack of transparency are holding Africa back from its potential pace of development.
AIG recognises the critical importance of transforming the African public sector's ability to enable a broader, more sustainable long-term growth.
Promoting partnership between Africa’s private and public sectors
Economies work most efficiently when the private sector and public sectors are working harmoniously towards shared goals. A synergistic relationship between both sectors has been proven to be effective at delivering services that citizens expect from their governments. As our investment in our long-term initiative unfolds, we expect to see the evolution of a more efficient and effective system for all.
An African-owned, partnership based approach
We appreciate that future leaders cannot be created overnight, and that public policy is often a servant of the political environment. We view our initiative as a sustainable commitment to transforming Africa’s public sector. We are firmly committed to a partnership model and believe that by working closely with governments, academic institutions and other partners to improve governance and transform public sector performance, we will bring the best skills and most resources to bear on achieving our goals.
Re-establishing belief in the value of public service
Without dedicated, hardworking public servants of the highest calibre, the rest of the system does not function efficiently. This is why a key component of AIG is educating our scholars and their peers about the value of public service and the important role that they, as future leaders, can play in the transformation of their economies.