There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people. — 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
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
I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I made money. I wanted to give it back to Africa but I wanted to give it back in a meaningful way.… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
After the sale of Celtel, I really wanted to give the money back, and I had a number of choices - to… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Make as much money as you can, but can you please pay your taxes, because this is a major problem. — 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
Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back 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
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
