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" Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain vigilant and not get complacent. "

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" Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great. "

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" African leaders work really under severe limitations and constraints. "

" More people smile at me now I'm richer. "

" In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line. "

" The fight against Ebola cannot undermine the fight against poverty. "

" I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man. "

" You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another. "

" If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it. "

" All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is. "

" I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really. "

" Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up. "

" Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people economically and socially, they are a wonderful political tool. "

" The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings. "

" Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa. "

" The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated guys - the Germans and Japan - were out. The occupied countries had no voice. That was fine in '45, but today, Germany rules Europe, frankly. They are driving Europe but have no voice. "

" The leakage of information means you're going to be able to read everybody's e-mail. "

" There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it. "

" Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why not open their books if they have nothing to hide? "

" I am a Nubian. "

" What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant. "

" Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy. "

" Look at the international bodies that came out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses. "

" Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations. "

" When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast things like what the leader had for breakfast. There was no real media. "

" Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.' "

" The way forward for Africa is investment. "

" Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith in politics and growing social demands, Africa has become the world's last 'New Frontier:' a kind of 'it-continent.' "