Kumbe matajiri wengi ni wezi.
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Huyu jamaa alianzisha company sebureni kwake baada ya kufukuzwa kazi.Wakati anakuja Tanzania alikwa hana hata uwezo wa kurent office. Niliwahi kusikia interview yake miaka ya nyuma kabisa ni jinsi gani alipata kuwa tajiri mkubwa.
Mohammed "Mo" Ibrahim (
Arabic: محمد إبراهيم; born 3 May 1946) is a
Sudanese-British
billionaire businessman. He worked for several telecommunications companies, before founding
Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries. After selling Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion, he set up the
Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa, as well as creating the Mo Ibrahim Index, to evaluate nations' performance. He is also a member of the Africa regional advisory board of
London Business School.
In 2007 he initiated the
Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, which awards a $5 million initial payment, and a $200,000 annual payment for life to African heads of state who deliver security, health, education and economic development to their constituents and democratically transfer power to their successors. Ibrahim has pledged to give at least half of his wealth to charity by joining
The Giving Pledge.
According to the
Forbes 2011 Billionaire List,
[2] Mo Ibrahim is worth $1.8 billion, making him the 692nd richest person in the world. Mo Ibrahim was also selected for the
TIME "Top 100" list in 2008.
