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" Now is the time for Afro-realism: for sound policies based on honest data, aimed at delivering results. "
Mo Ibrahim
Now
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" Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world. "
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" While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe's recovery, Europe's prosperity was really built on economic integration and policy coherence. "
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" Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture. "
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" After the sale of Celtel, I really wanted to give the money back, and I had a number of choices - to go and buy masses of blankets and baby milk or to go into Darfur or Congo. That would have been very nice actually, but it's just like an aspirin: it doesn't deal with the problem. "
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" I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein. "
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" The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem. "
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" Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door. "
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" The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed. "
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" Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news. "
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Africa
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" Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa. "
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Most
Gone
" I am not a politician. I am not in politics. I'm just a citizen. "
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" Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy. "
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" The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. "
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" Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right. "
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" Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they? "
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" When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine. "
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" If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa. "
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" I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man. "
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" It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa. "
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Africa
" Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate to one another, to know what is happening. "
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" Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that. "
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" 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? "
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" 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. "
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" Educational opportunities have supported the rise of the African middle class, the professional cadre of young people who are now willing and able to contribute to Africa's future prosperity. "
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