Proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Franco-African summit in Montpellier last year, an independent "foundation for democracy" is intended to help those working for change in the area of democratic governance. The body opened this week at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
The Innovation Foundation for Democracy (FIDEMO) is intended to enable researchers, artists, business people and NGOs escape from the often stifling effects of autocratic government, and liberate the energy that is Africa's greatest natural resource.
