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

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" Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow. "

" Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable. "

" The way forward for Africa is investment. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

" Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders. "

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

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

" Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?' "

" Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time. "

" 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. "

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

" Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view. "

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

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

" Cape Verde produces good people. "

" Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa. "

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of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses.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

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

" Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people economically and socially, they are a wonderful political tool. "

" Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do that day. "

" The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed. "

" Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they? "

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

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

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

" While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe's recovery, Europe's prosperity was really built on economic integration and policy coherence. "

" 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. "