African Quote by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

In Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture represents two-thirds of all employment, governments are proving that resource commitments yield success. In 2004, African heads of state…

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

“To remain conscious and continent was her new goal.”

— Louise Penny

America has been the New World in all tongues, to all peoples, not because this continent was a new-found land, but because all those…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.

— Omar Bongo

The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our case, we…

— Thabo Mbeki

Africa does not have an uncle abroad who will come to bail it out of its political and economic woes. It is important that…

— Bernard Membe

Majority of the African countries are now enjoying stable governance. Before you talk about economic growth, political stability is key.

— Goodluck Jonathan

It's not often that Rwanda's record on women's rights surpasses Britain's. But, shamefully, when it comes to the gender pay gap, the U.K. has…

— Cathy Newman

In Africa, you only have an independent media in only eight African countries, so there is very little transparency. The best gift that rich…

— George W. Bush

“Nonetheless, the homicide rate in the United States, Europe, China and Japan is less than 2 per 100,000 people, whereas in most African countries…

— Nicholas Wade

A number of African countries came to us and said, we request that South Africa should not field a candidate, because so many other…

— Thabo Mbeki

There is no intrinsic reason African countries should be importing, rather than exporting, basic staples like rice or higher value products like frozen chicken,…

— Arancha Gonzalez