Mo Ibrahim Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

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

“Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.”

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

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

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

“Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture.”

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

“A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the investment needed to drive development.”

“Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain vigilant and not get complacent.”

“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.”