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" Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right. "

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" Experience counts in government even more than in business. "

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

" Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that. "

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" Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa. "

" Societies are not sustainable without institutions. "

" The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging. "

" Sudan has been an experiment that resonated across Africa: if we, the largest country on the continent, reaching from the Sahara to the Congo, bridging religions, cultures and a multitude of ethnicities, were able to construct a prosperous and peaceful state from our diverse citizenry, so too could the rest of Africa. "

" If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects. "

" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "

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

" Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. "

" When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara came to power, too many thought he would hold to his promise to stand down, introduce democratic elections and restore the rule of law. "

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

" Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum. "

" Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news. "

" Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door. "

" Now is the time for Afro-realism: for sound policies based on honest data, aimed at delivering results. "

" Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward. "

" Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?' "

" Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table. "

" It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with it. "

" Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to see American businesses. "

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" Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it. "

" Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow. "

" We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency. "