In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

Africa is poor because she is not free.

Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

Should' is my all time least favorite word. It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.

The war is against children, and all the other wars are just a shadow of the war on children.

If God adds another day to our life let us receive it gladly.

There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.

Unless an investor has access to “incredibly high-qualified professionals,” they “should be 100 percent passive - that includes almost all individual investors and most institutional investors.

I'm not hard to please, I'm content with the very best.

One is not rich by what one owns, but more by what one is able to do without with dignity.

No coward can be the friend of the truth! Cowards have always been the friends of lies!

Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.

It's a simple solution. You change one thing, and suddenly you've changed everything.