Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world.
Mo Ibrahim
All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.
Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy.
Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile phones there.
I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism.
I'm uncomfortable, frankly, with the hype about Africa. We went from one extreme... to, like, Africa now is the best thing after sliced bread.
It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.
Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society.
Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa.
Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans.