Author: Mo Ibrahim

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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.

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

I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people.

I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people.

- Mo Ibrahim

Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

- Mo Ibrahim

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

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

- Mo Ibrahim

Far from being hopeless, Africa is full of hope and potential, maybe more so than any other continent. The challenge is to ensure that its potential is utilised.

Far from being hopeless, Africa is full of hope and potential, maybe more so than any other continent. The challenge is to ensure that its potential is utilised.

- Mo Ibrahim

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

- Mo Ibrahim

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

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

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

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

- Mo Ibrahim

People never confess to failure. They should.

People never confess to failure. They should.

- Mo Ibrahim

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