Francis Appiah Receives German Africa Prize 2007
The Tale of Two Africas
The Executive Secretary of the National African Peer Review Governing Council (NAPRM-GC) Dr. Francis Appiah has received the 2007 German Africa Prize for his efforts at contributing to governance reforms in Ghana and the African continent in general.
The German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel said Dr. Appiah through the African Peeer Review Mechanism (APRM) had set the benchmark for other African countries to follow. ''More and more countries are now willing to use the mechanism to put the politics and governance of their countries to the test and the prize, like the prize-winner, is a promising sign of the impressive development of the African continent'', she said.
In his acceptance speech, Dr Appiah said the greatest advances in the wellbeing of countries the world over have come from public measures and that he and the NAPRM-GC were sure of the of the success of the APRM process in Ghana, when the Government demonstrated political will towards the process by incorporating the recommendations of the country review exercise into the Ghana Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRSII) for implementation. ''Through public education and sensitization of the citizens of Ghana, the APRM as a grassroots process for citizen's non-partisan participation in the good governance of Ghana is steadily becoming entrenched'' he said.
According to Dr. Appiah, economic governance changes African futures. ''There are now two Africas for everyone to choose: The old Africa, with dictatorship, censorship, ignorance, and the new Africa, meaning good governance, good life, conducive business environment, and transparency'', he said while promoting Ghana to business people in Hamburg. German companies should remember the ''Humboldt spirit'' in order to embrace the coming business opportunities in Ghana, he concluded.
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by the Member States of the African Union (AU) as an African self-monitoring mechanism. The APRM is a bold, unique and innovative approach designed and implemented by Africans for Africa.
Ghana has been a trailblazer and a shining example in the APRM process, being among the first group of countries to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 9 March 2003. Ghana has been recommended to other African countries as a country they can look up to under the APRM before they avail themselves for review.
Weblinks
African Peeer Review Mechanism
http://www.nepad.org/aprm/
The African Peeer Review Mechanism (APRM) Process In Ghana: Challenges Of And Prospects For The Implementation Of Ghana's Programme Of Action, by Dr Francis Appiah, Executive Secretary, National African Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council, Nepad Secretariat Media Engagement, Accra, June 29, 2007
http://www.ghana.gov.gh/...
Speech of Dr. Angela Merkel ''Afrika nimmt seine Geschichte in die Hand'' vom 10.10.2007:
http://www.bundesregierung.de/...
Porträt Dr. Francis Appiah
http://www.das-blog.info/...
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