Mauritius and South Africa’s positions at the top of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) is being challenged by Rwanda and Seychelles.Over the past decade, Rwanda has moved up from sixth to third place, while Seychelles showed the largest improvement (+14.4 points) and Uganda the biggest drop (-11.5). The top 10 in the business and labour index are, in order, Mauritius, South Africa, Rwanda, Namibia, Seychelles, Botswana, Morocco, Senegal, Cabo Verde and Benin.In all top three countries, ‘Economic Diversification and Business & Competition Regulation’ were among the highest performing indicators, scoring between 73.4 and 94.5 respectively.At a continental level, the ‘Business and Labour Environment’ score has risen by 2.2 points.Some 71% of Africa’s population live in 38 countries where the ‘Business and Labour Environment’ has progressed throughout the decade, even though the pace has slowed in a number of countries since 2019.The improved continental score is mainly driven by substantial progress in ‘Access to Banking Services’ (+6.7) and ‘Regional Integration’ (+4.4).Seychelles is both the best performing and most improved country of the whole continent on the all-encompassing ‘Overall Governance’ score. Former top-ranked Mauritius lost four points and dropped to second place.The top 10 countries, in order, are Seychelles, Mauritius, Cabo Verde, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Ghana, Morocco, Tunisia and Kenya. ER
