Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahim is a Sudanese-born British mobile communications entrepreneur. He worked for several other telecommunications companies before founding Celtel. He is currently on the board of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, and is a member of the Africa Regional Advisory Board of London Business School.
Ibrahim was employed by British Telecom for a time, and later worked as the technical director for Cellnet, a subsidiary of British Telecom. In 1989 he founded MSI, a consultancy and software company, which was bought by Marconi in 2000.
In 1998, MSI spun off MSI-Cellular Investments, later renamed Celtel, as a mobile phone operator in Africa.
In 2006, Ibrahim created the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The aims of the foundation are The stated aims of the foundation are to: stimulate debate on good governance across sub-Saharan Africa and the world, provide objective criteria by which citizens can hold their Governments to account, and recognize achievement in African leadership and provide a practical way in which African leaders can build positive legacies on the continent when they have left office.
Mo Ibrahim earned a Bachelor of Science from University of Alexandria and a master's degree from the University of Bradford, both in electrical engineering, and a Ph.D from the University of Birmingham in mobile communications.
Mo Ibrahim earned a Bachelor of Science from University of Alexandria and a master's degree from the University of Bradford, both in electrical engineering, and a Ph.D from the University of Birmingham in mobile communications.
I must confess we were very conservative in our business plans in Africa. We were under the same illusion that probably the top 5% of the income pyramid would be our customers so we focused our plans based on those numbers. We proved to be wrong. The driving force was...we never talked about that ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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