We measure everything - why not governance?

- Mo Ibrahim

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.

- Mo Ibrahim

Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.

- Mo Ibrahim

I think the Cold War was worse for Africa than colonialism.

- Mo Ibrahim

The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated guys - the Germans and Japan - were out. The occupied countries had no voice. That was fine in '45, but today, Germany rules Europe, frankly. They are driving Europe but have no voice.

- Mo Ibrahim

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.

- Mo Ibrahim

More people smile at me now I'm richer.

- Mo Ibrahim

While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe's recovery, Europe's prosperity was really built on economic integration and policy coherence.

- Mo Ibrahim

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

Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or visit a branch of the bank. So people have to use the Internet.

- Mo Ibrahim

There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.

- Mo Ibrahim

Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy.

- Mo Ibrahim

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

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

We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime.

- Mo Ibrahim

I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism.

- Mo Ibrahim

Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news.

- Mo Ibrahim

If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread.

- Mo Ibrahim

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

- Mo Ibrahim

You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.

- Mo Ibrahim