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

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

I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.

The mobile industry changed Africa.

People never confess to failure. They should.

I made money. I wanted to give it back to Africa but I wanted to give it back in a meaningful way. So I really want to do something which deals with the root of the problem of hunger, of disease, of ills we have in our society.

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.