Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.

There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.

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.

The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.

The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing

People never confess to failure. They should.