Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?' — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business 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
When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people economically and socially, they are a… — 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
There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get… — 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
Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The Zimbabwean people, like everyone else, have a right to live in freedom and prosperity and to select their leaders through fair… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
If a European guy came to Africa and said hey guys, you don't have good - people could tell him to go… — 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
