Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse to use the same aid to build the same infrastructure in our countries?

When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.

[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that there are plenty of opportunities to invest in stable, growing, exciting economies where there's plenty of opportunity.

Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.

If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.

When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.

The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best way to do that is by helping create jobs.