“Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most pro...” — Mo Ibrahim Quote

“Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture.”

“Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right.”

“I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein.”

“When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.”

“Our twenty-first century economy may focus on agriculture, not information.”

“I feel it is an obligation to help people understand the relation of food to agriculture and the relationship of food to culture.”