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of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses.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