
1999
- Three independent survey research projects, led by Afrobarometer co-founders Dr Michael Bratton, Dr Robert Mattes, and Dr E Gyimah-Boadi, merge to form the Afrobarometer. The three core partners are: Michigan State University, Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa), and the Center for Democratic Development in Ghana (CDD-Ghana). Dr. Michael Bratton is Afrobarometer executive director.
- Round 1 surveys begin covering 12 countries: Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
2000
- Afrobarometer joins other regional barometers to form the Globalbarometer network.
2001
- Round 1 survey completed.
2002-2003
- Round 2 surveys in 16 countries. New countries added: Cape Verde, Kenya, Mozambique and Senegal.
2004
- Afrobarometer receives “Best Data Set Award 2004” from the American Political Science Association.
2005
- Round 3 surveys begin in 18 countries. New countries added: Benin and Madagascar.
- First Afrobarometer book published: Michael Bratton, Robert B Mattes and Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, Public opinion, democracy, and market reform in Africa, Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press.
2006
- Round 3 surveys completed.
- Round 3 Global Release held.
2007
- Afrobarometer conference on “The Micro-Foundations of Mass Politics in Africa” held in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
- CDD Ghana becomes the Network’s headquarters.
2008
- Round 4 surveys begin in 20 countries with addition of: Burkina Faso and Liberia.
- Dr Gyimah-Boadi of CDD-Ghana takes over as executive director .
- Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP) in Benin becomes core partner for francophone Africa.
- Michigan State University and University of Cape Town both become support units.
- Afrobarometer publishes its 100th working paper, “The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Evolution of Mistrust in Africa: An Empirical Investigation”, by Nathan Nunn and Leonard Wantchekon.
2009
- Round 4 surveys completed.
- Afrobarometer Round 4 Global Release takes place.
2010
- Afrobarometer Policy Conference on “The Use of Empirical Evidence in the Policy Process” held in Accra, Ghana.
- Globalbarometer develops its first global question module on attitudes toward democracy, to be included in Afrobarometer Round 5 questionnaires.
2011
- Round 5 surveys begin in 35 countries with addition of: Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, and Tunisia.
- Afrobarometer establishes a partnership with Arab Barometer to conduct surveys in five North African countries during Round 5.
- Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at University of Nairobi becomes core partner for East Africa.
2013
- Round 5 surveys completed.
- Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africa becomes new core partner for Southern Africa.
- Round 5 Global Release begins in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Second Afrobarometer book published: Michael Bratton (ed.) Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
2014
- Round 5 Global Release concludes in Bamako, Mali.
- Round 6 surveys begin in more than 35 countries, with addition of Gabon.
2015
- Round 6 surveys completed.
2016/2017
Round 7 surveys begin
2018
- R7 surveys completed
- Disseminations of R7 survey findings completed in Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana, Mauritius, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Togo, Namibia, Lesotho, eSwatini, Cameroon, Liberia, and the Gambia
- Anglophone Summer School held at University of Cape Town, South Africa
- The first R7 Pan-Africa Profile formerly Global Release on Africans' priorities, the SDGs, and government performance released in Ghana.
- Animations/videos on preliminary R7 survey findings on migration and on citizen priorities and the SDGs released.
2019
- Dissemination of R7 in-country findings continues in Morocco, Mozambique and Niger
- Pan-Africa Profiles continues
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Celebrated 20th anniversary with performance awards recognising eight national partners
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Launched as a non-profit organisation registered and headquartered in Accra, Ghana. Regional offices in Accra (CDD Ghana), Cape Town (IJR), Nairobi (IDS, University of Nairobi)