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" We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime. "
Mo Ibrahim
Regime
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" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "
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" Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time. "
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" Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?' "
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" The mobile industry changed Africa. "
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" 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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" Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius. "
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" Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are. "
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" 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. "
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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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Think
" Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure. "
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Modern
" Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to see American businesses. "
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" We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency. "
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" I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites. "
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" You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another. "
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" Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world. "
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World
" The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings. "
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" Roads are not practical in Africa. "
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" From my father, I learnt kindness and how to talk straight. "
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" Corruption exists everywhere. "
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" Cape Verde produces good people. "
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" Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that. "
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" If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it. "
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