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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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