Mo Ibrahim
Mo Ibrahim
Dr Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahimis a Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire. He worked for several other telecommunications companies before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries. After selling Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion, he set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa, as well as creating the Mo Ibrahim Index, to evaluate nations' performance. He is also a member of the Africa Regional Advisory Board of...
NationalitySudanese
ProfessionBusinessman
CountrySudan
Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.
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.
Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure.
The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.
The way forward for Africa is investment.
Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.
The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.
There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.
Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing
I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work.
When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.