TEDGlobal – Day 2 in quotes

No place in the world has ever grown a market sector on the type of risk that Africa’s farmers face.
Eleni Gabre-Madhin creator of Ethiopia’s first commodities market

Forget making poverty history. I want to make Africans rich.
Idris Mohammed believes that we should be talking about increasing wealth not reducing poverty.

I call it the African shuffle.
Idris Mohammed describes yet another graph that shows stagnant economic growth in parts of Africa where instead of rising the graph remains a flat line.

Dignity is more important that wealth.
Jacqueline Novogratz

Understand the power of patient capital.
Jacqueline Novogratz explains that taking time to engage with the communities you invest in helps the money do more.

The blind leading the clueless.
George Ayittey does not think much of Africa’s political leadership.

The Cheetah generation.
George Ayittey term for the progressive, active, integrity, entrepreneurial African youth.

The problem with computers is that they do not have enough Africa in them.
Kwabena Boahen quotes Brian Eno

Let us redefine poverty
P for possibilities
O for opportunity
V for validation of our ideas
E for enthusiasm to do things
R for resilience
T for trust
Y for yes
Ted Kidane

Indigenous communities used to make decisions after considering what effect the decision they take would have on the next seven generations.
Jane Goodall

To the guy who insisted on taking a photo with me because his wife wanted a picture of him with Larry from Google, well now you know the truth.
Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, after introducing Larry Page, Google Co-Founder & President of Products

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