Mo Ibrahim
Mo Ibrahim
Dr Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahimis a Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire. He worked for several other telecommunications companies before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries. After selling Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion, he set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa, as well as creating the Mo Ibrahim Index, to evaluate nations' performance. He is also a member of the Africa Regional Advisory Board of...
NationalitySudanese
ProfessionBusinessman
CountrySudan
Mo Ibrahim quotes about
In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line.
I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people.
Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door.
The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration.
The brain drain from Africa has been reversed.
Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa.
Educational opportunities have supported the rise of the African middle class, the professional cadre of young people who are now willing and able to contribute to Africa's future prosperity.
Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.
It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with it.
The Zimbabwean people, like everyone else, have a right to live in freedom and prosperity and to select their leaders through fair and democratic elections.
The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging.
For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy.
It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.
Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy.