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
Positive market incentives operating in the public interest are too few and far between, and are also up against a seemingly never-ending… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
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
Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door. — 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
