Ibrahim, Mo, 1946-

LC control no.	no2009194426
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Ibrahim, Mo, 1946- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ibrahim, Mohamed, 1946-
See also	Founded corporate body of person: Mo Ibrahim Foundation *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Associated country	Sudan Egypt Great Britain
Birth date	1946
Field of activity	Entrepreneurship Mobile communication systems Telecommunication
Affiliation	Celtel (Firm) Mobile Systems International British Telecom Sudan Telecom
Profession or occupation	Businesspeople
Found in	Dr. Mo, 2009: p. 6 (Dr. Mo Ibrahim) p. 8 (Mo Ibrahim) pp. 12-13 (b. 1946 in Halfa, Nubia, northern Sudan; grew up in Alexandria, Egypt; studied electrical engineering at Univ. of Alexandria; worked for Sudan Telecom; went to UK for postgrad studies in mobile communications, doctorate 1974; hired by Cellnet (under British Telecom) ca. 1983 as technical director, developed cellular telephone network; left BT in 1989 and started MSI telecom company; launched Celtel, a successful mobile telephone company in Africa; created Mo Ibrahim Foundation in London, 2006, to promote good governance in Africa) Entrepreneurship and SME management across Africa, 2016: page 129 (Mohamed Ibrahim, the entrepreneur behind the consulting firm Mobile Systems International (MSI) and the telecommunications company Celtel; Mo Ibrahim belongs to the Nubian people from southern Egypt and northern Sudan; after doctorate and position in a large international communications company, Ibrahim was headhunted to lead a new spin-off company in telecommunications in 1983; his employer's failure to grasp the potential of new technology led him to resign and set up his own consultancy in mobile telephony, MSI, in 1989; grew into a business group with 17 international subsidiaries and 800 employees, bought by Marconi Company in 2000) page 130 (born in Sudan, educated in Alexandria and the UK; worked in the national telecom company in Khartoum, Sudan)