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" Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises. "

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" Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society. "

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

" Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy. "

" Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen. "

" Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.' "

" 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?' "

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

" I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being an entrepreneur. You can have the qualities, but if you don't have the environment, you just wither away. It's like a fish: take it out of water, it will not survive. "

" 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. "

" When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine. "

" Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius. "

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

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

" The leakage of information means you're going to be able to read everybody's e-mail. "

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

" I'm uncomfortable, frankly, with the hype about Africa. We went from one extreme... to, like, Africa now is the best thing after sliced bread. "

" While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe's recovery, Europe's prosperity was really built on economic integration and policy coherence. "

" All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is. "

" Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time. "

" I think the Cold War was worse for Africa than colonialism. "

" Look at the international bodies that came out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses. "

" I am not a politician. I am not in politics. I'm just a citizen. "

" 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. "

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

" Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "