"Entrepreneurship is the cornerstone to African development and the key to local value creation in Africa. I am determined to ensure that Africa's next generation of entrepreneurs have the platform they need to turn their entrepreneurial aspirations into sustainable businesses that will drive economic growth and job creation across Africa,"

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Source : FaceBook post by Tony Elumelu from Mar 27, 2017

Tony Elumelu

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“People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.”
“You get a wonderful view from the point of no return.”

Source : Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld”, p.281, Random House
“Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure”
“A seed is like a little girl: it can look small and worthless, but if you treat it well then it will grow beautiful.”

Source : Somaly Mam (2008). “The Road of Lost Innocence: As a girl she was sold into sexual slavery, but now she rescues others. The story of a Cambodian heroine.”, p.147, Spiegel & Grau
“The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.”
“Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose to be with.”

Source : FaceBook post by Silas House from Sep 21, 2014
“Boxing was on the one hand barbaric, unconscionable, out of place in modern society. But then, so are war, racism, poverty, and pro football. Men died boxing, yet there was nobility in defending oneself.”

Source : Ralph Wiley (2000). “Serenity: A Boxing Memoir”, p.31, U of Nebraska Press
“It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.”

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