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

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

" 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 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. "

" We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime. "

" Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored. "

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

" I never had a doubt that I wanted to do engineering. "

" From my father, I learnt kindness and how to talk straight. "

" Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" You get over your first love by falling in love with something new. "

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

" Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.' "

" Corruption exists everywhere. "

" 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. "

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

" Of course, Nelson Mandela, everybody knows Nelson Mandela. I mean, he's a great gift not only for Africa but for the whole world, actually. But do not expect everybody to be a Nelson Mandela. "

" Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile phones there. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa. "

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

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