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.

People never confess to failure. They should.

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

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

The mobile industry changed Africa.

The way forward for Africa is investment.

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.