Author: Mo Ibrahim

Quotes

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

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

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

People never confess to failure. They should.

People never confess to failure. They should.

- Mo Ibrahim

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

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

- 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

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

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

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

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