--- title: "6 Must Quotes By Mo Ibrahim" description: "6 Must quotes by Mo Ibrahim. Plus more from Mo Ibrahim and more Must sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/mo-ibrahim-3354_africa_africa-is-progressing-but-maybe-not-in-t_75300.jpg" --- > [Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/africa-is-progressing-but-maybe-not-in-the-way-you-think-it-is-even/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/mo-ibrahim-3354_africa_africa-is-progressing-but-maybe-not-in-t_75300.jpg) > [Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/increasing-extremism-across-africa-and-the-world-must-be-understood/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/mo-ibrahim-3354_across_increasing-extremism-across-africa-and-t_549477.jpg) > [What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/what-is-a-government-supposed-to-do-for-its-people-to-improve-the/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/mo-ibrahim-3354_access_what-is-a-government-supposed-to-do-for_1089870.jpg) > [If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/if-we-are-to-build-grassroots-respect-for-the-institutions-and/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/mo-ibrahim-3354_build_if-we-are-to-build-grassroots-respect-fo_1226565.jpg) > [There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/there-is-a-crisis-of-leadership-and-governance-in-africa-and-we-must/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/mo-ibrahim-3354_africa_there-is-a-crisis-of-leadership-and-gove_2229943.jpg) > [The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/the-state-and-its-elites-must-be-subject-in-theory-and-in-practice-to/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/mo-ibrahim-3354_citizens_the-state-and-its-elites-must-be-subject_3019018.jpg) ## Other authors on Must ## More by Mo Ibrahim > [Experience counts in government even more than in business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/experience-counts-in-government-even-more-than-in-business/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/it-s-time-africa-started-listening-to-our-young-people-instead-of/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/remarkably-governments-are-beginning-to-embrace-the-idea-that-nothing/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/if-economic-progress-is-not-translated-into-better-quality-of-life/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/africa-is-progressing-but-maybe-not-in-the-way-you-think-it-is-even/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [People never confess to failure. They should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/people-never-confess-to-failure-they-should/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/governance-has-been-at-the-heart-of-the-work-of-the-oxford-martin/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/there-s-no-point-in-trying-to-hoard-money-after-life-so-better-really/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/i-need-to-be-free-to-speak-the-unspeakable-you-can-t-do-that-in-office/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/if-we-cannot-accurately-measure-poverty-we-surely-cannot-accurately/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/business-is-global-countries-need-to-react-to-that-taxes-need-to-be/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/i-don-t-subscribe-to-the-narrative-that-africa-is-backward-because-of/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/africa-offers-the-highest-return-on-investment-in-the-world/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/governance-is-everything-without-governance-we-have-nothing/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) > [When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/when-you-ask-people-what-they-think-of-africa-they-think-of-aids/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/must/mo-ibrahim/#itemlist", "name": "6 Must Quotes By Mo Ibrahim", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. 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