If a European guy came to Africa and said hey guys, you don't have good - people could tell him to go to hell. You are an imperialist. You are a colonialist. Who are the hell are you to come and tell us what to do? I'm an African. Whatever I say nobody in Africa tell me well, it's not of your business. It is my business.

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

Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing

The way forward for Africa is investment.

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.

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

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.