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" Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world. "
Mo Ibrahim
Return
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Roads are not practical in Africa. "
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" I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism. "
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" Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view. "
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" Positive market incentives operating in the public interest are too few and far between, and are also up against a seemingly never-ending expansion of perverse incentives and lobbying. "
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" Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise. "
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" What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant. "
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" The fight against Ebola cannot undermine the fight against poverty. "
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" If you are African, the more educated you are, the less chances you have of getting a job. "
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" We measure everything - why not governance? "
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" Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. "
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" I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein. "
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Businessman
" Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time. "
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" I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites. "
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" The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need the money? Probably not. The honor is more important the money, and that's the case with the prize for African leadership as well. "
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Honor
Leadership
" Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored. "
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" In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line. "
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Business
Clean
" Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy. "
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" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "
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" 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.' "
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Financial
" Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they? "
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Will
History
Wrong
" 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. "
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Fail
Golden
" Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders. "
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" I am not a politician. I am not in politics. I'm just a citizen. "
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" To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa. "
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" Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable. "
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" Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans. "
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" Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?' "
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