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

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

" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "

" Africa is underpopulated. We have 20% of the world's landmass and 13% of its population. "

" 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. "

" People never confess to failure. They should. "

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

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

" Corruption exists everywhere. "

" Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that. "

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

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

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of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses.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

" The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated guys - the Germans and Japan - were out. The occupied countries had no voice. That was fine in '45, but today, Germany rules Europe, frankly. They are driving Europe but have no voice. "

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

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

" I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein. "

" 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. "

" Far from being hopeless, Africa is full of hope and potential, maybe more so than any other continent. The challenge is to ensure that its potential is utilised. "

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

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