Billionaire Mo Ibrahim attacks ‘hypocrisy’ over Africa’s gas

Telecoms entrepreneur says continent's people should be allowed to use their vast reserves

One of Africa's richest entrepreneurs, the telecoms billionaire Mo Ibrahim, has criticised developed countries for seeking to dissuade African nations from exploiting their vast reserves of gas.

Ibrahim told the Guardian in an interview: We need a balanced and a fair policy for everybody. Gas can be useful to our transition ... [Those who say otherwise] are hypocrites."