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

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.

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

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

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?

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

Africans… their tired. They’re tired of being the subject of everybody’s charity and care. We are grateful, but we know that we can take charge of our own destinies if we have the will to reform.