Africa Quote by Mo Ibrahim Download Open image “There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.” — Mo Ibrahim ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Africa Crisis Face Faces Governance Leadership Must Politics
I think Africa is slowly learning - and painfully - that importance of insisting on responsible leadership. It will come eventually, and we may… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our case, we… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We can't entrepreneur our way around bad leadership. We can't entrepreneur our way around bad policies. Those of us who have managed to entrepreneur… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Our leaders should start talking as leaders. They talk like puppets. It might take us another 100 years to come out of this phase… — Femi Kuti Copy Share Image
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership, — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change. — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
I think everybody knows that Africa is in a very deep crisis. There is economic misery and social deprivation and that Africa needs help… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty and therefore its inability to mobilize out of its own resources even the barest… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
Africa Rising is as much about improving standards of governance as it is about an increasingly confident youths and civil society. It is also… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I've written The Challenge for Africa is to save it. Surely there are so many problems we can solve… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an… — Omar Bongo 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
Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict. — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
I'm in 'Madagascar 2.' I'm Testy the Lion. The franchise moves to Africa, and Bernie Mac is also in the film. I loved working… — Tom Lister, Jr Copy Share Image
There's a place in Botswana where there are 100,000 elephants living in a single population. Think of the amount of space they need. Remember,… — Patrick Bergin Copy Share Image
If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
In Africa, animals and the natural landscape allow local communities to support themselves, as there is a constant source of money from tourism. — David Lidington Copy Share Image
My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from Detroit, so I would go back and forth to Africa a lot. — Sam Richardson Copy Share Image
I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given talks all… — Brian Wildsmith Copy Share Image
I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to… — Yaya Toure Copy Share Image
What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace. We need to create a new breed of… — Chris Hani Copy Share Image
