In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes africa aid development
We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again. Paul Kagame backcauseclock Change image and share on social
Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out. Paul Kagame compromiseflexibilitypredisposition Change image and share on social
There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming. Paul Kagame advantagechangecome Change image and share on social
By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors. James Buchan aidcompounddebauch Change image and share on social
When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated. Jennifer Hudson africabarefootchange share on social
And I think that still is true of this business - which is basically research and development - that you probably spend more time in planning and training and designing for things to go wrong, and how you cope with them, than you do for things to go right. Alan Shepard basicallybusinesscope share on social