Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right. — 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
There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it. — 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
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
Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news. — 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
Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society. — 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
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
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
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
It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa. — 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
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
Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. — 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
