If you are African, the more educated you are, the less chances you have of getting a job. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do… — 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
Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need… — 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
