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" In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line. "

" The way forward for Africa is investment. "

" If you are African, the more educated you are, the less chances you have of getting a job. "

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

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

" Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one. "

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

" Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. "

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

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

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

" Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa. "

" 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out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses.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 need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office. "

" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "

" We measure everything - why not governance? "

" The Zimbabwean people, like everyone else, have a right to live in freedom and prosperity and to select their leaders through fair and democratic elections. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith in politics and growing social demands, Africa has become the world's last 'New Frontier:' a kind of 'it-continent.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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