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Vol 66 No 13

Published 27th June 2025


Ghana

Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi – democracy champion

‘The men in green are back, and prospects for democratic consolidation have dimmed significantly,’ warned Afrobarometer’s Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi in a Brookings Institution essay in June. ‘Africa’s democratic project is facing its toughest challenge yet,’ he added. Gyimah-Boadi, who founded Afrobarometer more than 20 years ago and served as its chief executive until 2021, knows that better than most. He has moved into quasi-retirement after standing down as Afrobarometer’s chair in May and has been succeeded by Nigerian business leader and civil society advocate Amina Oyagbola.

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