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

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.

Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing

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 way forward for Africa is investment.

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

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