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" What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant. "

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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. "

" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "

" The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging. "

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

" I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism. "

" I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises. "

" Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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

" Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy. "

" Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it. "

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

" The mobile industry changed Africa. "

" I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being an entrepreneur. You can have the qualities, but if you don't have the environment, you just wither away. It's like a fish: take it out of water, it will not survive. "

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

" There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it. "

" The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem. "

" Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans. "

" I think the Cold War was worse for Africa than colonialism. "

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

" Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy. "