- Population
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being an entrepreneur. You can have the qualities, but if you don't have the environment, you just wither away. It's like a fish: take it out of water, it will not survive.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time.
- Practical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Roads are not practical in Africa.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.
- Businessman
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.
- Golden
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
From my father, I learnt kindness and how to talk straight.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
More people smile at me now I'm richer.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
People never confess to failure. They should.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sudan has been an experiment that resonated across Africa: if we, the largest country on the continent, reaching from the Sahara to the Congo, bridging religions, cultures and a multitude of ethnicities, were able to construct a prosperous and peaceful state from our diverse citizenry, so too could the rest of Africa.
- Shock
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread.
- Branded
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- Nov 07, 2020
A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the investment needed to drive development.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
Educational opportunities have supported the rise of the African middle class, the professional cadre of young people who are now willing and able to contribute to Africa's future prosperity.
- Management
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Far from being hopeless, Africa is full of hope and potential, maybe more so than any other continent. The challenge is to ensure that its potential is utilised.
- Boat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't even have a small boat. I don't even have a toy boat in my bathtub. I don't have a biplane, I don't have anything. Those things are toys, and I don't need them to be happy.
- Business School
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.
- Clean
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, Nelson Mandela, everybody knows Nelson Mandela. I mean, he's a great gift not only for Africa but for the whole world, actually. But do not expect everybody to be a Nelson Mandela.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cape Verde produces good people.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view.
- Nov 07, 2020
Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way forward for Africa is investment.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate to one another, to know what is happening.
- Bank
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- Nov 07, 2020
The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration.
- Clout
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table.
- Everybody
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- Nov 07, 2020
The leakage of information means you're going to be able to read everybody's e-mail.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.
- Governance
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- Nov 07, 2020