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" Africa is underpopulated. We have 20% of the world's landmass and 13% of its population. "

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" It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do. "

" Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society. "

" In a world of growing food demand, Africa is home to two-thirds of the world's unexploited arable land. "

" The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. "

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

" Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or visit a branch of the bank. So people have to use the Internet. "

" The way forward for Africa is investment. "

" Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa. "

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

" Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do that day. "

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

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

" Cape Verde produces good people. "

" Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise. "

" Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education. "

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

" The Zimbabwean people, like everyone else, have a right to live in freedom and prosperity and to select their leaders through fair and democratic elections. "

" Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy. "

" 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. "

" The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem. "

" I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people. "

" 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.' "

" I am a Nubian. "

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

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

" We measure everything - why not governance? "

" What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work. "

" 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 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. "