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

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" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "

" To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa. "

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

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

" 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. "

" We measure everything - why not governance? "

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

" Make as much money as you can, but can you please pay your taxes, because this is a major problem. "

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

" I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites. "

" 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. "

" The way forward for Africa is investment. "

" There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people. "

" I am a Nubian. "

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

" If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread. "

" Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?' "

" The mobile industry changed Africa. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything. "

" Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa. "

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

" Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans. "

" Corruption exists everywhere. "

" Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate to one another, to know what is happening. "

" Roads are not practical in Africa. "

" 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. "

" What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens. "

" I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism. "