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

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

The way forward for Africa is investment.

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

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

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.

Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable. And the way African men treat African women is total unacceptable.