Mo Ibrahim
Businessperson, Organization founder
1946 –
Who is Mo Ibrahim?
Dr. Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahim is a Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire. He worked for several other telecommunications companies before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries. After selling Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion, he set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa, as well as creating the Mo Ibrahim Index, to evaluate nations' performance. He is also a member of the Africa Regional Advisory Board of London Business School. In 2007 he initiated the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, which awards a $5 million initial payment, and a $200,000 annual payment for life to African heads of state who deliver security, health, education and economic development to their constituents and democratically transfer power to their successors.
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- Born
- 1946
Sudan - Ethnicity
- Sudanese Arabs
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Alexandria University
- University of Bradford
- University of Birmingham
- Employment
- Celtel
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on July 23, 2013
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