Mo Ibrahim

I am a Nubian.

— Mo Ibrahim

We measure everything - why not governance?

— Mo Ibrahim

I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really.

— Mo Ibrahim

We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime.

— Mo Ibrahim

People never confess to failure. They should.

— Mo Ibrahim

More people smile at me now I'm richer.

— Mo Ibrahim

Corruption exists everywhere.

— Mo Ibrahim

The brain drain from Africa has been reversed.

— Mo Ibrahim

The mobile industry changed Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

I think the Cold War was worse for Africa than colonialism.

— Mo Ibrahim

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.

— Mo Ibrahim

The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.

— Mo Ibrahim

Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news.

— Mo Ibrahim

You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another.

— Mo Ibrahim

Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that.

— Mo Ibrahim

The fight against Ebola cannot undermine the fight against poverty.

— Mo Ibrahim

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

— Mo Ibrahim

Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time.

— Mo Ibrahim

When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara came to power, too many thought he would hold to his promise to stand down, introduce democratic…

— Mo Ibrahim

The Zimbabwean people, like everyone else, have a right to live in freedom and prosperity and to select their leaders through fair…

— Mo Ibrahim

If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares…

— Mo Ibrahim

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

Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in.…

— Mo Ibrahim

The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.

— Mo Ibrahim

After the sale of Celtel, I really wanted to give the money back, and I had a number of choices - to…

— Mo Ibrahim

United States has always been very close to Africa and it's very sad now to see that Africa has a lot more…

— Mo Ibrahim

What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get…

— Mo Ibrahim

Look at the international bodies that came out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their…

— Mo Ibrahim

The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated…

— Mo Ibrahim

For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed,…

— Mo Ibrahim

Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith…

— Mo Ibrahim

I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being…

— Mo Ibrahim

I never had a doubt that I wanted to do engineering.

— Mo Ibrahim

The way forward for Africa is investment.

— Mo Ibrahim

Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.

— Mo Ibrahim

Cape Verde produces good people.

— Mo Ibrahim

Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries.

— Mo Ibrahim

Societies are not sustainable without institutions.

— Mo Ibrahim

I come from a typical family.

— Mo Ibrahim