“Perhaps sooner than we think, African innovations will help the rest o...” — Frans van Houten Quote

“Perhaps sooner than we think, African innovations will help the rest of the world create lasting social and economic value.”

“The agreement to acquire Volcano significantly advances our strategy to become the leading systems integrator in image-guided therapies.”

“The computer can do a much better job than the human eye, as it is much more systematic in analysing tissues.”

“The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.”

“Better governance helps realize the full potential of the many young Africans who are currently giving their families' savings to criminal networks and risking their lives in the vast expanses of the Sahara or Mediterranean instead of starting their own businesses and using their lives to benefit their families and communities.”

“I was born in Evanston, about three blocks away from the Chicago border. My mother, at the time, was finishing her Ph.D. in African History at Northwestern University. Soon after my birth, my parents split, and my father moved to Wicker Park, which is on the north side of the city.”