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
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Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.
What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens.
Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great.
Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow.
Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain vigilant and not get complacent.
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 counts in government even more than in business.
Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.
Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it.
Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable.