Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
In a world of growing food demand, Africa is home to two-thirds of the world's unexploited arable land. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in.… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Africa is underpopulated. We have 20% of the world's landmass and 13% of its population. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or visit a… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares… — 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
Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Sudan has been an experiment that resonated across Africa: if we, the largest country on the continent, reaching from the Sahara to… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
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
Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa. — 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 Image
Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I'm uncomfortable, frankly, with the hype about Africa. We went from one extreme... to, like, Africa now is the best thing after… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
