Afrobarometer, a non-profit company limited by guarantee with headquarters in Ghana, is a pan-African, non-partisan survey research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy, and society. We are the world’s leading source of high-quality data on what Africans are thinking.
Our network encompasses 41 national partners responsible for data collection, analysis, and in-country dissemination of findings. Regional coordination is provided by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africa, the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, and Innovante Recherche en Economie et Gouvernance (IREG) in Benin. Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of Malawi provide technical support to the network.
Financial support for Afrobarometer is provided by Sweden via the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation via the World Bank Think Africa Project, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Open Society Foundations – Africa, Luminate, the Ford Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Mastercard Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Obama Foundation, the European Union Commission, the World Bank Group, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Population Institute and the Center for International Governance Innovation, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Vision
A world in which Africa’s development is anchored in the realities and aspirations of its people
Mission
To make citizen voice a key pillar of African policy and decision making
Goals
- Produce high-quality survey data and analysis on African attitudes, experiences and aspirations
- Widely disseminate findings to key stakeholders, including policy actors and advocates, researchers, and media, as well as ordinary African citizens
- Build capacity for survey research, analysis, and communication on the continent
Core values
Independence, integrity, collaboration, excellence
Gold standard
"Afrobarometer … is the gold standard for independent opinion polls in Africa. … There are no organisations like Afrobarometer on the continent that provide reliable projections and polling. The results produced by AB are used across the globe and by the USG. It is also read by African leaders." - Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States ambassador to the United Nations
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