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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum. "

" I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people. "

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" Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great. "

" Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable. "

" Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right. "

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

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

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

" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "

" The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are. "

" 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. "

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

" Societies are not sustainable without institutions. "

" Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society. "

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

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

" Roads are not practical in Africa. "

" Corruption exists everywhere. "

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

" If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa. "

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

" When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara came to power, too many thought he would hold to his promise to stand down, introduce democratic elections and restore the rule of law. "

" It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa. "

" I come from a typical family. "