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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa Quotes
A continent, spoken of in its own right.
This page includes a clearly inclusive statement rejecting homophobia as any part of a forward-looking African future, alongside a call to nurture fresh ideas that could genuinely help the continent, similar to Country quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
By 1979, Chinese people were poorer, on average, than North Koreans. I mean, your average per-capita income in China that year was one third of sub-Saharan Africa's.
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Africa is the second-largest continent, a landmass second from Asia. It also is the second most populated continent, with 900 million people. In fact - coming back to the land mass - Africa is so big that you could fit in the continental United States, China, and the entire Europe into Africa and still have space.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
Global capital is agnostic - it has no loyalties. There's an overhang of capital in the U.S., and the key is yield pickup. What Africa is providing is a diversification play and also opportunities for yield pickup for the investor that's aware of what he or she is doing.
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I wanted to make a black story about South Africa. Unfortunately, no producer in the United States would put one penny into a black story.
- Phenomenal
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The uptake on mobile phones in Africa is phenomenal.
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It's become relatively commonplace to find corners of Africa that have good cell coverage but no electrical power.
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I started writing an album on flights to Africa and Brazil, but it was crazy because I left the notebook on the plane. It had seven or eight songs in it. After that, I'm not writing any more songs on notebooks - and I keep my Blackberry close!
- Nov 07, 2020
In 2002, the 2000 Engelbrecht Els wine was released in South Africa and received high ratings.
- Figuring
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I would rather deal with the vagaries of investing in Africa than in figuring out what the hell else Washington is going to do to the entrepreneur next.
- Energy
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I started a private equity fund and we invest in energy, mining, agriculture kind of things in Africa.
- Everything
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In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.
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I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.
- Nov 07, 2020
There are storytelling traditions that come from Africa that are unique from anywhere else.
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- Nov 07, 2020