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" 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?' "

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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. "

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

" The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem. "

" It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with it. "

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

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

" Corruption exists everywhere. "

" 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. "

" The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are. "

" The mobile industry changed Africa. "

" Cape Verde produces good people. "

" 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out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses. "

" Societies are not sustainable without institutions. "

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

" If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it. "

" The way forward for Africa is investment. "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it. "

" Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans. "

" 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. "

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

" The fight against Ebola cannot undermine the fight against poverty. "

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