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

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.

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

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

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

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