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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. "
Mo Ibrahim
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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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" Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile phones there. "
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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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