Their story
Mo Ibrahim founded Celtel International in 1998 and built it into one of Africa's leading mobile telecoms companies, providing phone access to millions of Africans for the first time. He sold Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion. He then created the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which publishes the Ibrahim Index of African Governance and awards the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world's largest individually awarded prize ($5 million) — to former African heads of state who demonstrate exemplary leadership.