Top 128 Quotes by Mo Ibrahim

About Mo Ibrahim

These are some quotes by Sudanese author Mo Ibrahim Businessman, who was born in 1946.

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.

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

Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans.

Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans.

Mo Ibrahim

Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news.

Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news.

Mo Ibrahim

When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.

When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.

Mo Ibrahim

I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein.

I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein.

Mo Ibrahim

In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line.

In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line.

Mo Ibrahim

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

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

Mo Ibrahim

What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens.

Mo Ibrahim

I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really.

I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really.

Mo Ibrahim

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