I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people. — 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
I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein. — 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
Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the… — 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
I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being… — 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
