The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: unknown
OCCUPATION: Sudanese-born cell-phone magnate
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: He created a multimillion-dollar prize to reward good political governance in Africa. (Last year it went to former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano.)
CON: There's still not a whole lot of good political governance in Africa. And is that the way to discourage corruption: with bribes?
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