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" 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. "

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" The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated guys - the Germans and Japan - were out. The occupied countries had no voice. That was fine in '45, but today, Germany rules Europe, frankly. They are driving Europe but have no voice. "

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

" 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. "

" Corruption exists everywhere. "

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

" 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. "

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" I come from a typical family. "

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

" People never confess to failure. They should. "

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

" Now is the time for Afro-realism: for sound policies based on honest data, aimed at delivering results. "

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of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses.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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise. "

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

" 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. "

" I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein. "

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

" 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. "

" All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is. "

" 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.' "