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" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "

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" If you are African, the more educated you are, the less chances you have of getting a job. "

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

" A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the investment needed to drive development. "

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

" 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. "

" Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right. "

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" I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people. "

" What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work. "

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

" 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. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "

" 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. "

" We measure everything - why not governance? "

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" If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread. "

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

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

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

" 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 come from a typical family. "

" The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings. "