Mo Ibrahim Quotes

- Businessman Born: May 3, 1946

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

Society, Law, Important, Rule Of Law

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

Democracy, Violence, Place, Harassment

We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime. Mo Ibrahim

Loyalty, Expect, Unjust, Cannot, Regime

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

Business, Finding, Way, Your, Clean, Pay

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

Slavery, Difficult, Hidden, Crime

Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or visit a branch of the bank. So people have to use the Internet. Mo Ibrahim

Money, People, Village, Internet, You

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

Love, Falling In Love, You, New, Your

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

People, Think, You, Africa, Genocide

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

Waves, Spread, Will, Shock, Sudan

Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people economically and socially, they are a wonderful political tool. Mo Ibrahim

People, Society, Political, Play, Phones

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

Important, Plan, Prosperity, Economic

Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education. Mo Ibrahim

Education, Amazing, Country, Match, Asia

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

Rich, Poor, Africa, Why, Right, Our

Look at the international bodies that came out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses. Mo Ibrahim

Sunset, Look, You, Know, Names, Out

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

Africa, Hear, West, About, Somalia

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

War, Think, Cold, Africa, Cold War, Than

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

People, Feet, Stand, Nobody, Stand Up

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

War, Today, You, Driving, Situation

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

Water, Fish, You, Survive, Environment

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

Time, Remember, Lost, Year, Industry

Roads are not practical in Africa. Mo Ibrahim

Roads, Africa, Practical

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

You, Forward, Everything, Conclusion

I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein. Mo Ibrahim

Like, Up, Businessman, Being, Academic

It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa. Mo Ibrahim

Success, Great, Africa, Route, Would

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

Business, People, Think, Golden, Up, Get

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

Kindness, Father, Talk, Straight, How

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