Could This Prize make Riyaale a Better PResident

[AbdiWahab252]

Prize offered to Africa's leaders
Mo Ibrahim
Mo Ibrahim wants to combat corruption in Africa
A $5m prize for Africa's most effective head of state is being launched by one of the continent's top businessmen.

UK-based mobile phone entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim - who was born in Egypt - is behind the plan to rate governance in 53 African countries each year.

The contest, launched in London, will award winning leaders $5m (£2.7m) over 10 years when they leave office, plus $200,000 (£107,000) a year for life.

"We need to remove corruption and improve governance," Mr Ibrahim said.

'No life after office'

Then the continent would not need any aid, said Mr Ibrahim, who sold Cel Tel, his pan-African mobile phone company, to MTC in Kuwait for $3.4bn (£1.8bn) last year.


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"The day we do not need any aid will be the most wonderful day in my life."

The Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is being launched on Thursday.

The award will go to African heads of state who deliver security, health, education and economic development to their constituents.

In an interview with the Financial Times newspaper, Mr Ibrahim, 60, said leaders had no life after office.

"Suddenly all the mansions, cars, food, wine is withdrawn. Some find it difficult to rent a house in the capital. That incites corruption; it incites people to cling to power.

"The prize will offer essentially good people, who may be wavering, the chance to opt for the good life after office," said Mr Ibrahim.

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BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut said it would be the world's richest prize - exceeding the $1.3m (£700,000) awarded by the Nobel Peace Prize.


The people who are doing badly and are killing their own people or stealing state resources are going to carry on doing that
Patrick Smith
Africa Confidential

It will be available only to a president who democratically transfers power to his successor.

Harvard University will assess how well the president has served his or her people while in office.

Nelson Mandela, former US President Bill Clinton and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan are among those who have welcomed the initiative.

Mr Mandela described it as an example to the world. Mr Clinton said he wished Mr Ibrahim and his foundation "much success in its important work".

Differing opinion

And Mr Annan thanked the businessman for "establishing such a generous prize as an incentive".

But not everyone agrees.

Patrick Smith, of specialist publication Africa Confidential, said: "The people who know what to do and have done well are already doing it.

"And the people who are doing badly and are killing their own people or stealing state resources are going to carry on doing that."

Africa has one of the world's richest concentrations of minerals precious metals, yet 300 million of its residents live on less than a dollar a day.

[Gedo_Boy]

I heard about that on BBC's 'The World' Program last night...........

Apparently, that guy made his money on cell phones in Sudan........

AbdiWahab252, why don't me and you team up with your adeer 'Master Welder' Monster Garage and start putting up cellular towers in Xamar and take VOIP to every tuulo

[AbdiWahab252]

Gedo: Sure sure... Great Idea. We will set up the Ordaaye Telecom.

Our internet service will be provided at three service levels:

"Barre Hiiraale" - T-1 connection

"Gen. Morgan" - DSL

"AbdiQeybdiid" - Dial Up

What do u think

[galia]

I wonder what greedy abduallhi yusuf thinks about this scheme

[Gedo_Boy]

"Barre Hiiraale" - T-1 connection

You & your cheapshots........The guy got backstabbed by some from his own tribe........he was so mad he went to war too early............

I don't have any problem with the people who backstabbed him to be ruled by the ICU.........heck, let them take them to Hillweyne where they can be rehabilitated and learn Riyaadul Saalixiin and memorize the Quran........

When they graduate, they will be given their Cimaamad

All of the heavy weapons got stuck in the mud, you expect them to just stand there for a slaughter...............they had to walk home.

It's one thing fighting other Somalis, it's another fighting Ogadenia, Abgaalia, Oromia, Eritrea...........

[galia]

Gedo_Boy Why do u support and love that loser barre hirrale

I mean the guys a born loser, did he think that he had a chance against united southren somali clans.

[Gedo_Boy]

Exactly what has he done?

[galia]

First of all i lost my respect to Mr barre when he got fooled by the biggest fool of all abduallhi yusuf aka ethiopian puppet, wen dis hapened eveyone somali person saw that barre was just another dumb warlord.

ICU united southern somali clans which was something close to impossible, look at ksimayo 2day how happy everyone is there and go and check out xamar which used to be the most dangerous city in somaia and today it is the most peacful.

[Gedo_Boy]

Hiiraale never got fooled by C/Yussuf and he was always against foreign troops and Amxaaro.

The ICU is trying to take over the whole country and it seems everything else was an excuse to do that...........

Xassan Turki himself said that, he said "the goal of the ICU is to take over the whole country, and others may be hiding it, but I don't hide it."

So that means the ICU tricked the TFG AND Barre Hiiraale, because Barre Hiiraale was trying to get the ICU and the TFG to negotiate and he supported the ICU and the TFG

But he didn't know the ICU's secret agenda so ofcourse he got caught in the middle............

If the ICU didn't want to negotiate with the TFG, they should have said so instead of pretending to negotiate in Khartoum only to have a secret agenda.

I don't really support the TFG because I don't think it has what it takes but at the same time I feel disappointed in the ICU because it seems they are not being completely honest.

It seems like they attack places with a false excuse......like there's Ethiopians coming to Kismayo, when there are hundreds or thousands in Baidoa


Right now, I am real confused, so I will hold my opinion........but if the ICU leadership's intentions are pure then I wish them the best and I should help them, but if their intentions are fake or mixed, then Allah will take care of them because Allah has promised a SEVERE punishment for somebody who uses deen to get something in dunya


that's the whole story

[AbdiWahab252]

Barre is not the topic here.

What would Riyaale do with the prize money >

[Gedo_Boy]

Use some of it to bribe whoever is the current S-land President