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

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

" 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. "

" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "

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

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" 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. "

" The mobile industry changed Africa. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa. "

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

" Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow. "

" The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging. "

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

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

" Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise. "

" What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant. "

" More people smile at me now I'm richer. "

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

" Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do that day. "

" 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 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. "

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

" African leaders work really under severe limitations and constraints. "

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

" Cape Verde produces good people. "

" Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen. "