The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) was very much his own idea, launched in 2001.
Under the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), countries will get aid and investment in return for better governance.
Mr Mbeki has managed to swing important international leaders behind his Africa rejuvenation plan, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad).
So far, only four countries have submitted themselves to the Nepad peer-review procedure, and none of the country reports has been made public.
To ensure the fair treatment of all Africans, solidarity should be pursued through the African Union (AU) or the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD).
Nepad calls for a partnership that will bring investment to Africa and will bring from African leaders commitments to good governance and respect for basic human rights.
Headquartered in South Africa, Nepad is designed to make African countries themselves responsible for upholding standards of democracy and good governance through the African Peer Review Mechanism.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi agreed on the need for closer co-operation on infrastructure projects and said the planning and coordination body of the African Union, Nepad, was already working on this.
The rejection of investment and of Western approaches to human rights was certainly not in step with the New Partnership for African Development (Nepad) being championed by President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa.
He was also one of the prime movers behind the New Economic Partnership for Africa (Nepad) - a vision of transforming Africa which resulted in endless speeches and meetings around the continent but little else.
But the Nepad formula of partnership with developing countries, stress on good governance and human rights and encouragement of foreign investment was adopted by the continent's heads of state at the inaugural meeting of the African Union in Durban in July.
The South African president said that the G8 had shown commitment towards Nepad, the development programme for Africa in which rich countries promise more aid and investment in return for efforts by African leaders to raise standards of government and monitor each other's performance.
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