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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
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
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