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" It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do. "

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" 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. "

" Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy. "

" If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects. "

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

" When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast things like what the leader had for breakfast. There was no real media. "

" 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. "

" Positive market incentives operating in the public interest are too few and far between, and are also up against a seemingly never-ending expansion of perverse incentives and lobbying. "

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

" Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture. "

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

" Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 am not a politician. I am not in politics. I'm just a citizen. "

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

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

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

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

" Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure. "

" 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. "

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

" Societies are not sustainable without institutions. "

" Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up. "

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

" The mobile industry changed Africa. "

" Roads are not practical in Africa. "