133 Quotes by Mo Ibrahim

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.

When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast things like what the leader had for breakfast. There was no real media.

Experience counts in government even more than in business.

Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it.

Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable.

You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another.

To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.

Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.