Mo Ibrahim

There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.

— Mo Ibrahim

All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.

— Mo Ibrahim

To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society.

— Mo Ibrahim

The leakage of information means you're going to be able to read everybody's e-mail.

— Mo Ibrahim

I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office.

— Mo Ibrahim

If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it.

— Mo Ibrahim

Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile…

— Mo Ibrahim

Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly…

— Mo Ibrahim

Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

— Mo Ibrahim

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

The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school…

— Mo Ibrahim

When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast things like what the…

— Mo Ibrahim

Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture.

— Mo Ibrahim

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

There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.

— Mo Ibrahim

Experience counts in government even more than in business.

— Mo Ibrahim

I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people.

— Mo Ibrahim

Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure.

— Mo Ibrahim

From my father, I learnt kindness and how to talk straight.

— Mo Ibrahim

You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.

— Mo Ibrahim

Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy.

— Mo Ibrahim

Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door.

— Mo Ibrahim

Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.

— Mo Ibrahim

The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration.

— Mo Ibrahim

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.

— Mo Ibrahim

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.

— Mo Ibrahim

Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right.

— Mo Ibrahim

Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises.

— Mo Ibrahim

It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with…

— Mo Ibrahim

The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

— Mo Ibrahim

Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.

— Mo Ibrahim

In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line.

— Mo Ibrahim

What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it…

— Mo Ibrahim

Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded…

— Mo Ibrahim

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

Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must…

— Mo Ibrahim

While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe's recovery, Europe's prosperity was really built on economic integration and policy coherence.

— Mo Ibrahim

Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and…

— Mo Ibrahim