You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.

Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing

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 Chinese, with the Indians, with the Brazilians as the United States retreats. Actually, Africa is a wonderful place to do business and American business is missing a big opportunity by really overlooking Africa.

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 problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.

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