Big business Quote by Winnie Byanyima

To build more human economies in Africa, governments must be far more strategic, wise, and forward-looking in their expenditure and build diverse economies that…

— Winnie Byanyima

If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.

— Melinda Gates

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

— George Monbiot

Governments around the world are looking for economic growth and job creation. African economies are no exception, with increasing recognition that growth has to…

— Arancha Gonzalez

What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work.

— Mo Ibrahim

For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions of jobs…

— Richard Attias

Ensuring a better future for all South Africans will require increased access to higher education, a stronger and fairer labour market, deeper participation in…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Growing economies are critical; we will never be able to end poverty unless economies are growing. We also need to find ways of growing…

— Jim Yong Kim

I think the critical point, really, is that we need to focus black economic empowerment more on the creation of new wealth rather than…

— Thabo Mbeki

A prerequisite to the inclusive prosperity that will increase equality and reduce poverty is growth. This requires an innovative economy in which productive businesses,…

— Chuka Umunna

Rather than engineering our economies solely to maximise GDP, Africa's business and political leaders must build economies explicitly designed to end poverty and inequality.

— Winnie Byanyima

Africa's young population could be a huge economic asset if inequality were addressed.

— Winnie Byanyima