In a world of growing food demand, Africa is home to two-thirds of the world's unexploited arable land.
From Mo Ibrahim
All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.
Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum.
Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it.
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work.
Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education.
The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.
Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to see American businesses.
I am not a politician. I am not in politics. I'm just a citizen.
If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.
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