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" The leakage of information means you're going to be able to read everybody's e-mail. "
Mo Ibrahim
Going
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Able
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" Experience counts in government even more than in business. "
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" Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society. "
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" The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings. "
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Business
School
" Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one. "
Mo Ibrahim
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" Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable. "
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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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Hope
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" More people smile at me now I'm richer. "
Mo Ibrahim
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Richer
Smile
" 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
" Roads are not practical in Africa. "
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" The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging. "
Mo Ibrahim
Great
Move
Starting
" It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa. "
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Success
Would
Africa
" 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. "
Mo Ibrahim
Now
Opportunities
Future
" There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it. "
Mo Ibrahim
Africa
Leadership
Face
" Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view. "
Mo Ibrahim
Business
Place
View
" The Zimbabwean people, like everyone else, have a right to live in freedom and prosperity and to select their leaders through fair and democratic elections. "
Mo Ibrahim
Elections
People
Freedom
" Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that. "
Mo Ibrahim
Pay
Know
Africa
" 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. "
Mo Ibrahim
Survive
Fish
Environment
" Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they? "
Mo Ibrahim
Will
History
Wrong
" I am a Nubian. "
Mo Ibrahim
Am
I Am
" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "
Mo Ibrahim
Reversed
Been
Brain
" The way forward for Africa is investment. "
Mo Ibrahim
Way
Investment
Forward
" The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need the money? Probably not. The honor is more important the money, and that's the case with the prize for African leadership as well. "
Mo Ibrahim
Win
Honor
Leadership
" Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen. "
Mo Ibrahim
Politician
Behind
Businessmen
" I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites. "
Mo Ibrahim
Need
First
Practice
" It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with it. "
Mo Ibrahim
Just
Election
Difficult
" Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education. "
Mo Ibrahim
Amazing
Country
Education
" Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great. "
Mo Ibrahim
Good
Management
Success
" The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem. "
Mo Ibrahim
Problem
Trust
Issue
" From my father, I learnt kindness and how to talk straight. "
Mo Ibrahim
Talk
Father
Straight
" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "
Mo Ibrahim
Thrown
Countries
African