Mo Ibrahim Quotes

• Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.

  Mo Ibrahim

  Politician, Businessman, Behinds

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• I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.

  Mo Ibrahim

  Moving, Moving Forward, Conclusion

  "Mandelas, not Mobutus" by Mo Ibrahim, www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2009.

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

  Mo Ibrahim

  Teaching, School, People

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• Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable. And the way African men treat African women is total unacceptable.

  Mo Ibrahim

  Kids, Men, Cooking

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing

  Mo Ibrahim

  Governance

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• People never confess to failure. They should.

  Mo Ibrahim

  People, Should

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• I made money. I wanted to give it back to Africa but I wanted to give it back in a meaningful way. So I really want to do something which deals with the root of the problem of hunger, of disease, of ills we have in our society.

  Mo Ibrahim

  Meaningful, Roots, Giving

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The way forward for Africa is investment.

  Mo Ibrahim

  Way Forward, Way, Investment

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

  Mo Ibrahim

  Faces, Crisis, Governance

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

  Mo Ibrahim

  Law, Practice, Citizens

  "What Africa Needs Above All: The Rule of Law" by Dr. Mo Ibrahim, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2014.

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

  Mo Ibrahim

  Falling In Love, First Love, Over You

  "Mo Ibrahim And The Quest To Build A Better Africa" by Alex Wagner, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 28, 2011.

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• The mobile industry changed Africa.

  Mo Ibrahim

  Changed, Mobile, Industry

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• If a European guy came to Africa and said hey guys, you don't have good - people could tell him to go to hell. You are an imperialist. You are a colonialist. Who are the hell are you to come and tell us what to do? I'm an African. Whatever I say nobody in Africa tell me well, it's not of your business. It is my business.

  Mo Ibrahim

  People, Guy, Hey

  "Mo Ibrahim: The 'Bill Gates Of Africa'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 25, 2013.

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• United States has always been very close to Africa and it's very sad now to see that Africa has a lot more friends - a lot more engagements with the Chinese, with the Indians, with the Brazilians as the United States retreats. Actually, Africa is a wonderful place to do business and American business is missing a big opportunity by really overlooking Africa.

  Mo Ibrahim

  Opportunity, Missing, Chinese

  "Mo Ibrahim: The 'Bill Gates Of Africa'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 25, 2013.

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

  Mo Ibrahim

  Issues, Serious, Problem

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• The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging.

  Mo Ibrahim

  Moving, Years, Great Friend

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