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August 9-14 2009- Ashesi University, Ghana 

Last year, 45 of the most promising students and young professionals from Ghana, and from across Africa, were treated to an orgy of intellectual stimulation in the rarefied setting of Ashesi University's Accra campus, a veritable cradle of liberal arts excellence in Africa.

60 of the continent's finest leaders - CEOs, Army Generals, Financiers, Dons, high-ranking Government leaders and visionaries of all shades and hues - gave freely of their time and wisdom to nurture these incredibly gifted emerging leaders in the ways of success, sobriety, and significance.  See last year’s seminar proceedings here and participant observations  here

The mode of instruction ranged from the contemplative to the action-oriented, and took the forms of roundtables, lectures, tutorials and seminars, in subject-matters ranging from political economy to business strategy, and from leadership to economic governance. The African condition was dissected; yardsticks for civil engagement were debated; the principles of economics were reassessed and frequently overthrown in debate; and, in some of the most memorable moments at the Alisa Hotel Auditorium, a renaissance in African technology and entrepreneurship was heralded by those closest to the ongoing transformation of the African creative landscape.

WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU CANNOT MISS THIS YEAR'S EDITION OF SYPALA!

Not if you are a student or young professional committed to exerting impact on the course of Africa's development in this century. Not if you are on the verge of major professional, academic or personal decisions that will have long-lasting effects on your place in society and your relationships with others, and you are in search of guidance by those who have not merely survived such decisions but blazed pioneering trails of glory on the back of such decisions properly made.

YOU HAVE TO APPLY!

Between 40 and 50 students and young professionals will be selected from an applicant pool that typically numbers in the hundreds. It will be an ultra competitive and highly selective process, and the fee of just GHC70 will ensure that interest will far exceed available spots on offer. You must put some effort into preparing a good application that captures the essences of your curiosity, dedication to change in Africa, and promise of leadership.

For the most exceptional applicants, some scholarships will be available on a competitive basis.

PROCEED TO APPLY NOW here . 

Early applicants will receive free copies of Johan Norberg’s “In Defense of Global Capitalism” and the Essays in Political Economy by Frederic Bastiat.

You have to read June Arunga’s introduction to Norberg’s book here  and Franklin Cudjoe's of Bastiat here .

You will be taking the first step in a journey that may change your life forever.   Take note of our April 30th deadline.

You will be taking the first step in a journey that may change your life forever.   Take note of our April 30th deadline.  If you have further quesstions, please email Mavis at leamakuu@gmail.com or call  her on + 233 21 41 70 94 / +233 244 973 951 during office hours, please. 

Respectfully yours,

Franklin Cudjoe
Executive Director, IMANI www.imanighana.com
Editor, AfricanLiberty.org   www.africanliberty.org
Earhart Fellow, Buckingham University
+233 244 638 178

IMANI named Top Go-To Think Tank in Africa and Globally

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

In the January 2009 edition of the influential Foreign Policy magazine, IMANI was named the sixth most influential think tank in Africa. Please review here

John Templeton Prize for IMANI

IMANI is the only think tank to have been awarded the John Templeton Prize twice in Africa for Advancing Freedom.

This year, IMANI was the sole recipient in Africa of the Antony & Dorian Fisher Award (Out of 180 think-tanks globally) that recognise thinkanks playing a crucial role to ensure that public policy debates are not dominated by government insiders.

A judge on the Templeton Prize awarded to IMANI commented, "I give them [IMANI] the highest points for being most specific and rigorous in applying free-market solutions to an array of complex social problems. Their submission shows the importance of using rigorously derived, quantifiable research outputs to gain credibility in shaping the policy debate. Crisp, clear, compelling data is the most useful tool to provide to any media outlet, and it's easy for the media to use, without interpretation."

 

Atlas Fisher Venture Grant Awarded to IMANI

March 25, 2008 - The Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced fisherthat IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Accra, Ghana) is the only African think tank among its first class of recipients of Dorian & Antony Fisher Venture Grants. More than 180 think tanks competed for the grants in this program, but only nine were selected to receive up to $100,000 from Atlas over the next three years. Franklin Cudjoe, the founding director of IMANI Center for Policy and Education, remarked: "Receiving this grant from the Atlas Economic Research Foundation is another great vindication of the important work IMANI began 3 years ago. We are determined to see that public policy debate in Ghana and West Africa involve students who should be informed by principled, non-partisan viewpoints." Read more