A biography for Mo Ibrahimhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism.”
“The mobile industry changed Africa.”
“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.”
“I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.”
“Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture.”
“Now is the time for Afro-realism: for sound policies based on honest data, aimed at delivering results.”
“African leaders work really under severe limitations and constraints.”
“I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein.”