(CNN) -- Mohamed Ibrahim is the founder of Celtel, one of Africa's leading mobile telephone companies, with networks in 15 countries on the continent. Ibrahim was born in Sudan in 1946 and received a BSc in electrical engineering at the University of Alexandria in Egypt. After a brief stint working for the state run Sudan Telecom, he moved to the UK to continue his studying. While there he was hired by British Telecom (BT) to work as a technical director for Cellnet, its in-car telephony company. In 1989 Ibrahim left a successful career at BT to start his own telecommunications consultancy company, called MSI Cellular Investments, based in Africa and meant to be a specifically African operation.
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Born and educated in Africa, Ibrahim is interested in developing the continent
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Worked for state run Sudan Telecom and the UK's British Telecom
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Left BT to found MSI, which later became Celtel, an African mobile phone company
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This is a part of a $100 million fund that @placeholder has set aside for investment in Africa, to encourage business and development in the continent.