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

" The mobile industry changed Africa. "

" 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?' "

" The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. "

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

" Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile phones there. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society. "

" 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. "

" Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations. "

" 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. "

" The Zimbabwean people, like everyone else, have a right to live in freedom and prosperity and to select their leaders through fair and democratic elections. "

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

" 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. "

" Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith in politics and growing social demands, Africa has become the world's last 'New Frontier:' a kind of 'it-continent.' "

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

" When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara came to power, too many thought he would hold to his promise to stand down, introduce democratic elections and restore the rule of law. "

" Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius. "

" 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. "

" Roads are not practical in Africa. "

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