Entrepreneurs are the seekers of solutions, and that they will go into these places where both market and traditional aid has failed or traditional charity has failed.

We need leaders, we ourselves need to lead from a place that has the audacity to believe that we ourselves can extend the fundamental assumption that all men are created equal to every, man woman and child on this planet. And we need the humility to recognize that we cannot do it alone.

We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet.

There are 60 million generators in Nigeria. The generator owners and distributors have a strong incentive to not encourage the distribution of solar and other alternative energies, even though it's better for the country, it's better for people. As a world, we've got to get more serious about confronting those obstacles. This knows no culture, no race, no ethnicity.

Very small investments can release the infinite potential that lies in all of us.

People need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live

I feel like I'm a relentless, pragmatic, determined optimist.