Africa Progress Panel
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| Abbreviation | APP |
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| Formation | 2007 |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | To affect positive change in Africa through both individual panel member capacities and through the APP’s publications. |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
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Panel Chair
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Kofi Annan |
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Panel Members
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Michel Camdessus, Peter Eigen, Bob Geldof, Graca Machel, Strive Masiyiwa, Linah Mohohlo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Robert Rubin, Tidjane Thiam |
| Website | www.africaprogresspanel.org |
The Africa Progress Panel (APP)The Africa Progress Panel is chaired by former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Laureate, Kofi Annan, and consists of the following members:
The Africa Progress Panel is a Swiss-based foundation. The panel aims to bring about policy change through unique combination of cutting-edge analysis, advocacy and diplomacy. The panel’s members have access to the worlds of politics, finance, business and civil society at the highest levels, globally and in Africa.
The Africa Progress Panel influences policy though the robust, evidence-based analysis in the annual Africa Progress Reports, the Panel members’ high-level access, and creative, far-reaching communications work. The Africa Progress Panel’s capacity to generate and promote authoritative, independent recommendations enables the Panel to influence key policies that have profound consequences for the continent’s future.
The Panel’s work is supported by a secretariat, established in 2008, and presently headed by Executive Director, Caroline Kende-Robb.
In the wake of the Gleneagles G8 Summit in 2005 and the Commission for Africa Report in 2007, the Africa Progress Panel was originally formed through a UK Government initiative as a vehicle to maintain focus on commitments made to Africa by the international community. As such, the Africa Progress Panel’s work centres on complex and high-impact issues that are particularly relevant to Africa.
The Geneva-based secretariat is a non-profit foundation under Swiss law. The secretariat is led by Executive Director Caroline Kende-Robb and Deputy Director Max Bankole Jarrett.
Published annually, the Africa Progress Reports are the flagship publications of the Africa Progress Panel.
Africa Progress Report 2015—Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities
Demand for modern energy in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to surge, fuelled by economic growth, demographic change and urbanisation. As the costs of low-carbon energy fall, Africa could leapfrog into a new era of power generation. Utility reform, new technologies and new business models could be as transformative in energy as the mobile phone has been in telecommunications. The Africa Progress Report 2015 explains the bold steps that leaders globally and in Africa must take to achieve this vision. Above all, the report shows that the global climate moment is also Africa’s moment to lead the world.
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