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
Experience counts in government even more than in business.
Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up.
Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises.
Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view.
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.
Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.
When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast things like what the leader had for breakfast. There was no real media.
You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another.
To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.
Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries.
Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?'
Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.
Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.