Mo Ibrahim

Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure.

Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society.

African leaders work really under severe limitations and constraints.

When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast things like what the leader had for breakfast. There was no real media.

Educational opportunities have supported the rise of the African middle class, the professional cadre of young people who are now willing and able to contribute to Africa's future prosperity.

Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.'

Societies are not sustainable without institutions.

If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa.