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

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" 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. "

" People never confess to failure. They should. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "

" I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites. "

" 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. "

" We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime. "

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

" I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism. "

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

" 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. "

" Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why not open their books if they have nothing to hide? "

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

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

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

" Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great. "

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" Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable. "

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

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