African Development Quotes by Mo Ibrahim

Experience counts in government even more than in business.

— Mo Ibrahim

It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.

— Mo Ibrahim

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

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

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

People never confess to failure. They should.

— Mo Ibrahim

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

There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.

— Mo Ibrahim

I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office.

— Mo Ibrahim

If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it.

— Mo Ibrahim

Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises.

— Mo Ibrahim

I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism.

— Mo Ibrahim