Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time.

All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.

The telecom industry pretends like it's not getting paid.

Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.

You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.

Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow.