African Quote by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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

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

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

When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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

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

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

Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigerias growth and development.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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

I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed,

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala