I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Far from being hopeless, Africa is full of hope and potential, maybe more so than any other continent. The challenge is to… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Educational opportunities have supported the rise of the African middle class, the professional cadre of young people who are now willing and… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Of course, Nelson Mandela, everybody knows Nelson Mandela. I mean, he's a great gift not only for Africa but for the whole… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share
