Mobile phone technology can help to bring financial services to the 80 percent of African women who do not have a bank account and bolster the growth of the world's poorest continent. It's not just about empowering women, it's about economic growth. Unless we can make access to finance easier for women in their businesses, we will be missing out on a significant portion of growth within our economies

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.

[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.

I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed.

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.

Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.

I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.