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" Roads are not practical in Africa. "
Mo Ibrahim
Africa
Roads
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" More people smile at me now I'm richer. "
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" Educational opportunities have supported the rise of the African middle class, the professional cadre of young people who are now willing and able to contribute to Africa's future prosperity. "
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" Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa. "
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" I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything. "
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" 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. "
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" Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward. "
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" Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa. "
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" Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they? "
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" We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency. "
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Own
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" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "
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" Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right. "
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" If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa. "
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" Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable. "
Mo Ibrahim
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Doing
" There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people. "
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People
Better
" The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem. "
Mo Ibrahim
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Issue
" Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one. "
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Countries
Well
" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "
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Reversed
Been
Brain
" I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being an entrepreneur. You can have the qualities, but if you don't have the environment, you just wither away. It's like a fish: take it out of water, it will not survive. "
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Survive
Fish
Environment
" Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?' "
Mo Ibrahim
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" Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. "
Mo Ibrahim
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Isolation
" Societies are not sustainable without institutions. "
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Without
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" Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow. "
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Success
Hope
Africa
" There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it. "
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Leadership
Face
" Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations. "
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Government
Unique
Society
" Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate to one another, to know what is happening. "
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Young
" Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that. "
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Africa
" Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment. "
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Interests
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" Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up. "
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" The mobile industry changed Africa. "
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