Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Girl #Smart #Investing
I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Believe #Problem #Should
[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that there are plenty of opportunities to invest in stable, growing, exciting economies where there's plenty of opportunity.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Country #Mean #Opportunity
I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in Africa, think about investing.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Thinking #Forever #Missing
If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Mean #People #Malaria
When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Jobs #Ego #Handbags
Mobile phone technology can help to bring financial services to the 80 percent of African women who do not have a bank account and bolster the growth of the world's poorest continent. It's not just about empowering women, it's about economic growth. Unless we can make access to finance easier for women in their businesses, we will be missing out on a significant portion of growth within our economies
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Technology #Phones #Empowering
Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigerias growth and development.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Girl #Growth #Development
Im told Im like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Father #Men #Thinking
Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse to use the same aid to build the same infrastructure in our countries?
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Country #Use #Unions
Africansâ€¦ their tired. Theyâ€™re tired of being the subject of everybodyâ€™s charity and care. We are grateful, but we know that we can take charge of our own destinies if we have the will to reform.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Grateful #Tired #Destiny
I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed,
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Sleep #Hardship #Bed
Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos,
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Running #Parent #Sides
The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best way to do that is by helping create jobs.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Jobs #Feet #Today
When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Mother #Teacher #Economy
The idea [the government's 'You Win' campaign] is that instead of young people in Nigeria waiting to get employment, they should create their own jobs and employ their peers and employ other people.
-- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

#Jobs #Winning #Government

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