Democracy at risk and Africa in the world: A people's perspective

On 3 June 2025 from 09:00:12:30 CEST, Afrobarometer in partnership with ECDPM hosted a hybrid roundtable to share findings from Afrobarometer's flagship report on democratic trends in Africa as well as data on African evaluations and experiences concerning democracy, governance, and quality of life.

Watch the recordings below

Background

Africa’s democratic project faces challenging times, overshadowing ruling-party transitions, the ouster of long-sitting presidents, and other democratic advances, and fuelling warnings that democracy is losing ground on the continent.

Afrobarometer has documented the democratic aspirations and experiences of African citizens for the past 25 years. This report, the first in what will be an annual series on high-priority topics, distills findings from data spanning more than a decade, including our latest round of nationally representative surveys in 39 countries. In a nutshell: Africans want more democratic governance than they are getting, and the evidence suggests that nurturing support for democracy will require strengthening integrity in local government and official accountability.