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

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

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

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.

Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing

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.

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.