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" 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. "

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

" You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another. "

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

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

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

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

" I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office. "

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

" For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy. "

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

" 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. "

" People never confess to failure. They should. "

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

" 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?' "

" The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings. "

" What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "

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

" A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the investment needed to drive development. "

" 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. "

" I don't even have a small boat. I don't even have a toy boat in my bathtub. I don't have a biplane, I don't have anything. Those things are toys, and I don't need them to be happy. "

" Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news. "

" Roads are not practical in Africa. "

" 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. "