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

— Mo Ibrahim

Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith in politics and growing social demands, Africa has become the world's last 'New Frontier:' a kind of 'it-continent.'

— Mo Ibrahim

Computers are very expensive, and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programs, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy.

— Mo Ibrahim

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

— Mo Ibrahim

Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders.

— Mo Ibrahim

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

Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do that day.

— Mo Ibrahim

More people smile at me now I'm richer.

— Mo Ibrahim

People never confess to failure. They should.

— Mo Ibrahim