ACCORD named #1 South African Think Tank in Sub-Sahara Africa for Seventh Year Running

ACCORD is pleased to announce that it has been named the top South African Think Tank in Sub-Sahara Africa and the top 5 in African Think Tank for the seventh year in a row. The ranking was announced in the 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report compiled by the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the Lauder Institute.

ACCORD is proud to have been ranked as follows:

1. 32^nd in the category ‘Top Think Tanks Worldwide (non-US)’ and highest ranked African institution;
2. 62^nd in the category ‘Top Think Tanks Worldwide (US and non-US)’;
3. 5^th in the category ‘Top Think Tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa’, and highest ranked from South Africa;
4. 56^th in the category ‘Top Social Policy Think Tanks’;
5. 26^th in the category ‘Best Managed Think Tanks’ and second highest ranked from South Africa;
6. 34^th in the category ‘Best Use of Social Networks’, and highest ranked African institution.

Click here to read the full report and for more on the rankings.