I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office. — 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
We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency. — 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
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I don't even have a small boat. I don't even have a toy boat in my bathtub. I don't have a biplane,… — 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
