Mo Ibrahim Zitate auf Englisch

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Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations.

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Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.

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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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Corruption exists everywhere.

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I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office.

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The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

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To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.

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

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Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why not open their books if they have nothing to hide?

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Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table.

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

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I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really.

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Of course, Nelson Mandela, everybody knows Nelson Mandela. I mean, he's a great gift not only for Africa but for the whole world, actually. But do not expect everybody to be a Nelson Mandela.

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All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.

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Africa is underpopulated. We have 20% of the world's landmass and 13% of its population.

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Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries.

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

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Positive market incentives operating in the public interest are too few and far between, and are also up against a seemingly never-ending expansion of perverse incentives and lobbying.

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The fight against Ebola cannot undermine the fight against poverty.

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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.

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In a world of growing food demand, Africa is home to two-thirds of the world's unexploited arable land.

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The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration.

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It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.

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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.

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