Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba wins Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership 2014

Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba wins Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership 2014

Hifikepunye Pohamba, outgoing Namibian President has won the world’s most valuable individual award- Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership for year 2014.

About Hifikepunye Pohamba

  • Pohamba was born in 1935 in Namibia and was a former rebel who fought for his country’s independence.
  • He has served as Namibian President two terms. For first time he was elected in 2004 and again in 2009.
  • Now, he is due to be succeeded by elected President Hage Geingob.

About Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership

  • This prize is given each year to an elected leader who has governed well, raised living standards and then left office.
  • It is named after Mo Ibrahim, a British-Sudanese mobile communications entrepreneur and philanthropist who had made billions of fortune from investing in Africa.
  • Mo Ibrahim had launched this prize in 2007 to encourage African leaders to leave power peacefully.
  • It is the world’s most valuable individual award and carries monetary award of 5 million dollar and also $ 200,000 a year for life.
  • The inaugural prize was awarded to Joaquim Chissano, former president of Mozambique.
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