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.

The idea [the government's 'You Win' campaign] is that instead of young people in Nigeria waiting to get employment, they should create their own jobs and employ their peers and employ other people.

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

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

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

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

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?