Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to ‘Twitter’ transatlantically.

Half of the energy is used by one seventh of the world's population.

In my dreams it happens, when I wake up I just hope for an even better and stronger UN.

My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible.

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

Thank you industrialization. Thank you steel mill. Thank you power station. And thank you chemical processing industry that gave us time to read books.

I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.