If you have democracy, people will vote for washing machines. They love them.

Health cannot be bought at the supermarket. You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health staff. You have to educate the population.

Most people are not updated. 50 years ago 1 in 5 children died before age 5, now only 1 in 20!

We must obviously be much more clever in using resources, regulate with tax and promote innovations.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.

I (naively) thought university training would make you better in following what happens in the world.

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