Top 128 Quotes by Mo Ibrahim

I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man.

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.

Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right.

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

Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum.

Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world.

Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans.

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

If you are African, the more educated you are, the less chances you have of getting a job.

From my father, I learnt kindness and how to talk straight.