Mo Ibrahim Quotes

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Mo Ibrahim

Profession : Businessman

Birth : May 3, 1946

Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?'

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Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure.

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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.

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Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world.

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The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

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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.

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Look at the international bodies that came out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses.

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Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored.

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Experience counts in government even more than in business.

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It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.

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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.

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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?

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Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment.

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Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society.

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Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people economically and socially, they are a wonderful political tool.

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Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries.

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It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with it.

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Make as much money as you can, but can you please pay your taxes, because this is a major problem.

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Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.

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Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door.

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