En sudanesisk tele-milliardær, Mo Ibrahim, vil præsentere en ny pris, der skal fremme god regeringsførelse i Afrika, skriver TV 2 Online torsdag.
Afrikanske regeringschefer kan blive tildelt prisen på 5 mio. dollar (ca. 30 mio. kr.), hvis de fremmer demokrati og i øvrigt trækker sig frivilligt tilbage i stedet for at klamre sig til magten.
Modtagere af prisen kan se frem til 10 årlige udbetalinger af 500.000 dollar samt efterfølgende en pension på 200.000 dollar årligt resten af livet, skriver britiske aviser.
– God regeringsførelse i Afrika er i virkeligheden ganske vanskelig. Vore ledere er oppe imod udfordringer som ekstrem fattigdom, rent vand, energiforsyninger, malaria, aids, siger Ibrahim til BBC.
BBC Online føjer til:
Harvard University will assess how well the Prize-winning president has served his or her people while in office.
Nelson Mandela, former US President Bill Clinton and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan are among those who have welcomed the initiative.
Mr Mandela described it as an example to the world. Mr Clinton said he wished Mr Ibrahim and his foundation “much success in its important work”. And Mr Annan thanked the businessman for “establishing such a generous prize as an incentive”.
But not everyone agrees. Patrick Smith, of specialist publication Africa Confidential, said:
– The people who know what to do and have done well are already doing it. And the people who are doing badly and are killing their own people or stealing state resources are going to carry on doing that.
Africa has one of the worlds richest concentrations of minerals precious metals, yet 300 million of its residents live on less than a dollar a day.
