The war on drugs has gone on for about forty-five, fifty years - and it's been a complete failure. If you had a business that was failing so badly, you would change course. And it's just incredible that governments continue along the same course.

We don't actually plan to launch new businesses over the next few years, but we are planning to take the ones we have into new territories.

Having no regrets makes way for the best piece of advice I can give - don't be afraid of failure.

In Africa, villagers look up to elders; they are the moral voice of their community.

I am always working on the go. I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life. Fortunately I am able to work from my home and can answer my e-mails in the morning, play tennis or kitesurf in the afternoon to keep fit and have meetings or phone calls in between.

Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.

It is the satisfaction of doing it for yourself and motivating others to work with you in bringing it about. It is about the fun, innovation, creativity with the rewards being far greater than purely financial.