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

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'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in Africa, think about investing.

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.

Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigerias growth and development.

Im told Im like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me.