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But if his vision of the

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:17:23 -0400

But if his vision of the future of Africa is offering the fomer corrupt leaders millions of dollars hoping to end corruption that way he should think again.

more we need

u.ebrahim — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:40:29 -0400

It is great job,we need more people to move the cash to africa, to invest it over there.specially,education,health service.we need millions of years for our african goverment,specially in Sudan,non stop troubling country.good bless u mr mohamed,greeting from halfa

Make us Proud

Mimi — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:16:02 -0400

A brave and wise man indeed....a countryman who makes us proud...i do agree...africa needs more men and women like Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim to alleviate if even a fraction of the suffering in that beautiful continent...i trust that another face of development will emerge from underneath him....i shun all opposing voices....colonialism/imperialism is not our savior....africa has its own children to lift it from despair ....thank you Mo for reminding us how much we owe that land and for awaking the dormant advocate inside us.....you gave us a great push to fight for africa!

Contact Mo

mort stern — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:32:25 -0500

I am old friend and wish to contact Mo Ibrahim. Can u help me?

Well done Mo!

Tom — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:38:45 -0500

It is people like Mo who are going to change Africa for the better. When we get 10 Mo's in this continent, thinking along the same lines as Mo, then we will start to see REAL, SUSTAINABLE development and get out of the vicious cycle of poverty. Well done Mo!

For Celtel's Mo Ibrahim, the poorest of the poor are his raison d'etre

Rob Katz — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:47:27 -0400

October 17, 2005 - 09:00, New Statesman

Mo Ibrahim: Revolutionising communications in Africa. His tool? The mobile phone

Story Link: http://www.newstatesman.com/200510170021

For a man who describes himself as a "former Marxist", Mo Ibrahim has clearly made his peace with the forces of capitalism. The chairman of the fastest-growing mobile phone group in sub-Saharan African talks with relish of breaking down the Arab business world's wariness towards his continent, of cellphones making the internet virtually redundant. Few inventions can boast as dramatic an impact on society as the mobile phone in Africa. Embraced there long before it became commonplace in the west, the technology allows Africans to communicate in spite of fraying landlines, and from areas that colonial-era networks never reached.