The AMDI research has been carried out by the Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria), Rhodes University (South Africa) and the BBC World Service Trust, and is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK Government's Department for International Development (DfID), the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) and Irish Aid.
The countries included in the research survey are: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The South Africa country report, the remaining 16 country reports and a Summary Report will be available on the BBC World Service Trust's website from 15 January 2007 on: www.bbcworldservicetrust.org.
Members of the press wishing to attend the launch of the report at the Grand Regency hotel in Nairobi on 15 January should please contact Derek Bbanga, Telephone +254 (0) 724 416 442; email: or Thandi Dyani on +27 (0)78 1970 424 or .
