Occupation: Entrepreneur Birth: 1946
There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it..
I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything..
You get over your first love by falling in love with something new..
The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings..
I made money. I wanted to give it back to Africa but I wanted to give it back in a meaningful way. So I really want to do something which deals with ….
Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing.
People never confess to failure. They should..
The mobile industry changed Africa..
If a European guy came to Africa and said hey guys, you don't have good - people could tell him to go to hell. You are an imperialist. You are a colo….
The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are..
The way forward for Africa is investment..
Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women do….
Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen..
The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem..
United States has always been very close to Africa and it's very sad now to see that Africa has a lot more friends - a lot more engagements with the ….
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..