Mo Ibrahim

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Dr.Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahim (born 1946) 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.

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[edit] Education

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 PhD from the University of Birmingham in mobile communications.[1]

[edit] Telecommunications

Ibrahim was employed by Sudan 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. MSI had 800 employees, who owned approximately 30% of the stock at the point of its sale; Ibrahim says he gave employees stock as a form of bonus.[2]

In 1998, MSI spun off MSI-Cellular Investments, later renamed Celtel, as a mobile phone operator in Africa.

According to the Forbes 2008 Rich List, Mo Ibrahim is worth $5 billion.

[edit] Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Main article: Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Ibrahim created the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.[1] In 2007, the Foundation inaugurated the Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, with the first recipient former president Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique.[3]

The Foundation also published the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, ranking the performance of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Mo Ibrahim Foundation Board. Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  2. ^ "Interview with Mo Ibrahim, founder and former Chairman of Celtel", Jeune Afrique, via Celtel.com, Groupe Jeune Afrique. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 
  3. ^ "Mozambique ex-leader wins prize", BBC News, 2007-10-22. Retrieved on 2007-10-22. 
  4. ^ "It's better to be out to sea", The Economist, The Economist Newspaper Limited, 2007-09-29. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 

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