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" Experience counts in government even more than in business. "

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" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "

" 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. "

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

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

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" The mobile industry changed Africa. "

" The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed. "

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

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

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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. "

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

" We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency. "

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

" It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do. "

" Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture. "

" 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. "

" We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime. "

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

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" Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education. "