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Mo Ibrahim
Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
Born: May 3, 1946
Africa Business Money People Society You
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Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one. Mo Ibrahim
Good Legal Three Presidents Had Countries Terms Well Did Successive Who Served
Cape Verde produces good people. Mo Ibrahim
Good People Good People Cape Produces
Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view. Mo Ibrahim
Business Difficult Some Perceived Share Still Very Africa Place Which View Extent
Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news. Mo Ibrahim
News You Three Find Countries Dominating Africa Four
The way forward for Africa is investment. Mo Ibrahim
Way Investment Africa Forward
Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate to one another, to know what is happening. Mo Ibrahim
People Communicate Better Young Society Able Know Well Another Well-Informed Educated Up Grew Happening Which Informed Young People Connected
The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. Mo Ibrahim
Aggressive Development Most Advocate Integration Bank African Regional
Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right. Mo Ibrahim
Rich Our Continent Africa Poor Then Why Right
Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?' Mo Ibrahim
Man Woman People Every Say People Say About Knows Child Who Every Man
Positive market incentives operating in the public interest are too few and far between, and are also up against a seemingly never-ending expansion of perverse incentives and lobbying. Mo Ibrahim
Positive Few Too Lobbying Market Seemingly Between Never-Ending Also Operating Up Expansion Interest Against Public Far Public Interest Incentives Perverse
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
Today War You Situation Rules Frankly Out Security Security Council Fine Guys Voice Allies Council Had Driving Countries Occupied Were Won Germans Germany Represents Japan Who Europe Defeated
Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored. Mo Ibrahim
People Young Too Find Voices Overlooked Often Young People Interests Ignored
It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do. Mo Ibrahim
Time People Listening Young Our Telling Instead Always Africa Young People Them Started
For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy. Mo Ibrahim
Leadership Political Build Become Holding Action Programmes Consolidate Citizens See Results Support Policies Courageous Account Accurate Accurate Information Legitimacy Where Information Decisions Required Engaged Measure Fully Needed
Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why not open their books if they have nothing to hide? Mo Ibrahim
Democracy Hide Giving Country Beginning Nothing Everybody Books Embrace More Voice Remarkably Open Idea Governments Than Information Enhances Why Why Not
Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations. Mo Ibrahim
Government Society System Civil Civil Society Shared Governing Mexico Commission Established Information Organisations Unique
Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment. Mo Ibrahim
Government Commitment Vested Vested Interests Interests Requires Full Challenging
Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. Mo Ibrahim
Thrown Countries Dollars African Billions Billions Of Dollars
Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa. Mo Ibrahim
Problems Pricing Causing Huge Africa Transfer
Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door. Mo Ibrahim
Country Looking Before He Investor Exit Goes Any Door
Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith in politics and growing social demands, Africa has become the world's last 'New Frontier:' a kind of 'it-continent.' Mo Ibrahim
Politics Faith World Financial Become Deficits Financial Crises Crises Kind Some Emerging Developed Developed Countries Countries Budget Demands New Major Budget Deficits Burdened Frontier Africa Social Aging Even Compared Growing Widening Last
In a world of growing food demand, Africa is home to two-thirds of the world's unexploited arable land. Mo Ibrahim
Food Home World Demand Africa Land Growing Two-Thirds
Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum. Mo Ibrahim
Time Long Long Time Market Constrained Had Around Limited Always Been Mobile Communications Radio Spectrum
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. Mo Ibrahim
Success Work Democracy Rights Human Rights Economic Development Participation Balanced Replacement Human Africa Cannot Need
Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to see American businesses. Mo Ibrahim
You Rare Other Everywhere Indian See Very Than American American Businesses Africa Brazilian Oil Oil Companies Chinese Businesses Companies Coca-Cola
The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are. Mo Ibrahim
Practice State Must Citizens Laws Subject Same Poorest Theory Elites
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