“Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, an...” — George Ayittey Quote

“Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.”

“In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.”

“There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.”

“I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.”

“My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from Detroit, so I would go back and forth to Africa a lot.”

“Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.”