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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese
Businessman
Born:
May 3
,
1946
Africa
Business
Money
People
Society
You
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Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.
Mo Ibrahim
Aid
Any
Going
Move
Africa
Forward
Amount
Societies are not sustainable without institutions.
Mo Ibrahim
Institutions
Without
Sustainable
Societies
Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable.
Mo Ibrahim
Women
Cooking
Society
Everything
Kids
Unacceptable
Totally
Doing
Position
The mobile industry changed Africa.
Mo Ibrahim
Changed
Industry
Mobile
Africa
I am a Nubian.
Mo Ibrahim
Am
I come from a typical family.
Mo Ibrahim
Family
Typical
Come
I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really.
Mo Ibrahim
Engineer
Really
Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius.
Mo Ibrahim
Me
People
Genius
Better
Claim
Kids
Could
Smarter
Been
Than
African
Who
Many
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
Aid
Recipient
Our
Everywhere
Say
People Say
Nobody
Feet
Go
Up
Beggar
Going
Africa
Loves
Stand
Stand Up
You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another.
Mo Ibrahim
You
Fly
Over
Hours
Hours And Hours
Another
Go
Africa
Place
I'm uncomfortable, frankly, with the hype about Africa. We went from one extreme... to, like, Africa now is the best thing after sliced bread.
Mo Ibrahim
Best
Hype
Sliced
Extreme
Frankly
About
Uncomfortable
Like
Africa
Bread
After
Now
Thing
Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.'
Mo Ibrahim
Work
Future
Heart
Focus
Long
Has-Been
Future Generations
Martin
Clear
Generations
Long-Term
Term
Governance
Been
Report
Commission
Oxford
Now
The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need the money? Probably not. The honor is more important the money, and that's the case with the prize for African leadership as well.
Mo Ibrahim
Leadership
Money
Worth
Win
Honor
Important
Distinguished
Case
More
Nobel
Nobel Prize
Well
Scientists
Issue
Prize
African
Who
Million
Need
Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great.
Mo Ibrahim
Success
Good
Great
Management
Strong
Resources
Take
Development
Steps
Towards
Economy
Very
Did
Story
Place
Mean
Success Story
Really
Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans.
Mo Ibrahim
Develop
Nobody
Come
Behalf
Africa
African
To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.
Mo Ibrahim
Thought
Think
President
President Obama
Frank
Obama
Gives
Africa
Much
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