Africans… their tired. They’re tired of being the subject of everybody’s charity and care. We are grateful, but we know that we can take charge of our own destinies if we have the will to reform. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
When I became finance minister, they called me Okonjo-Wahala - or 'Trouble Woman.' It means 'I give you hell.' But I don't care what names they call me. I'm a fighter; I'm very focused on what I'm doing, and relentless… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
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… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side.… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well. So what did we try… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
The U.K. and the U.S. could not have been built today without Africa's aid. It is all the resources that were taken from Africa,… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse to use… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigerias growth and development. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
I'm trying to tell you that there's a new wave on the continent. A new wave of openness and democratization in which, since 2000,… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed, — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
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