Mo Ibrahim Quotes

- Businessman Born: 1946

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

Over, Love, Falling

We measure everything - why not governance? Mo Ibrahim

Measure, Why, Everything

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

Place, Intimidation

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

Most, Important, Society

We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime. Mo Ibrahim

Expect, Unjust, We Cannot

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

News, Africa, Dominating

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen. Mo Ibrahim

Corrupt, Behind, Businessmen

When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine. Mo Ibrahim

Think, Africa, Disasters

Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?' Mo Ibrahim

Feet, Africa, Going

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

Marshall, Coherence, Built

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

Colonialism, Think, Africa

I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being an entrepreneur. You can have the qualities, but if you don't have the environment, you just wither away. It's like a fish: take it out of water, it will not survive. Mo Ibrahim

Had, Away, Years

Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up. Mo Ibrahim

Think, Business, Undeserved

Sudan has been an experiment that resonated across Africa: if we, the largest country on the continent, reaching from the Sahara to the Congo, bridging religions, cultures and a multitude of ethnicities, were able to construct a prosperous and peaceful state from our diverse citizenry, so too could the rest of Africa. Mo Ibrahim

Continent, Largest, Country

If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread. Mo Ibrahim

Waves, Crumble, Sudan

Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. Mo Ibrahim

Based, Africa, Face

Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table. Mo Ibrahim

Clout, United States, Big

Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow. Mo Ibrahim

Delivering, Africa, Stories

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

Falling, Turnout, Young

Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa. Mo Ibrahim

Transfer, Africa, Causing

Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain vigilant and not get complacent. Mo Ibrahim

Think, Africa, Maybe

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

Africa, Will, More

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

Measure, Modern, Hidden

The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated guys - the Germans and Japan - were out. The occupied countries had no voice. That was fine in '45, but today, Germany rules Europe, frankly. They are driving Europe but have no voice. Mo Ibrahim

Voice, Defeated, Japan

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

Africa, Society, Could

More people smile at me now I'm richer. Mo Ibrahim

More People, More, Now

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