Everything about Mo Ibrahim totally explained
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.
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.
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.
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 $2.5 billion
Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Ibrahim created the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
The Foundation also published the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, ranking the performance of the 48 countries in
sub-Saharan Africa.
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