Long term socio-economic transformation starts with you.

Some people use money to make a difference. Others use knowledge and experience to effect long term positive change

I can only be happy when I see the youth and children around me also happy.

Any country in Africa that through the governing party believes they can economically go it alone is leading its people down the wrong path.

I am who I am today because of what someone sacrificed for me.

To build wealth that transcends generations you need to think beyond yourself.

Africa as individual nations is economically insignificant. Africa as one economic block is already an economic giant.

Beware of the ides of aid

Our ancestors selflessly strived to build a better future for us. Therefore we are duty bound to at least try to better what was started for the next generation.

As a business leader when you think South African your market just under 60 million people. However when you think African your market is just under 1 BILLION PEOPLE.

Do not always blame the government for your woes. Sometimes also critically look at yourself in the mirror and ask what role you have played in creating the woes

We are constantly told to think outside the box. The big question who gave you that box that is been used as a reference point?

There is no such thing as free money or aid.

Negotiating and Bargaining are two different concepts

You know and understand your problem. You are the only one that can solve it.

Our destiny is in our own hands.

Having self-respect, knowledge and purpose helps in navigating the complex journey of life

Trusting one another is the one of the keys to long term socio-economic freedom

What I am doing is not for me but for the African child. I was once an African Child

I may not have money to give you but certainly has knowledge and experience to help you change your attitude towards long term wealth creation

Africans may be surrounded by poverty but the continent is certainly not poor

Economic empowerment is about long term wealth creation and not about short term materialistic entitlement.

Human beings by nature are risks averse and will not take chances with people they do not know and trust.

Throwing money at poverty related issues may yield short term benefits but may make matters worse. Mindset change is the key long term poverty alleviation

The journey of life is not necessarily about how you started. Rather it is how you finished

Mindset change is the greatest challenge facing Africa’s economic emancipation drive

Economic empowerment is about trust and value add and not color add

Accepting hard truths and realities can change individual attitudes and society as a whole

The mere fact that I may not live to see my dream does not mean I should abandon my dreams for the African child

Long-term socio-economic transformation starts with you

Some people use money to make a difference. Others use knowledge and experience to effect long-term positive change

I can only be happy when I see the youth and children around me also happy

Any country in Africa that, through the governing party, believes they can economically go it alone is leading its people down the wrong path

I am who I am today because of what someone sacrificed for me

As individual nations African countries are economically insignificant. As one economic block, Africa is already an economic giant

To build wealth that transcends generations you need to think beyond yourself

Beware of the ideas of aid

Our ancestors selflessly strived to build a better future for us. Therefore we are duty bound to at least try to better what was started for the next generation

As a business leader, when you think ‘South African,’ your market is just under 60 million people. However, when you think ‘African,’ your market is just under 1 BILLION people

Do not always blame the government for your woes. Sometimes you need to look critically at yourself and ask what role you have played in creating the woes

We are constantly told to think outside of the box. The big question is, who gave you the box that is being used as a reference point?

There is no such thing as free money or aid

Negotiating and bargaining are two different concepts

You know and understand your problem. You are the only one that can solve it

Our destiny is in our own hands

Having self-respect, knowledge, and purpose helps to navigate the complex journey of life

Trust is key to long-term socio-economic freedom

What I am doing is not for me, but for the African child. I was once an African child

I may not have money to give you, but I certainly have knowledge and experience to help you change your attitude towards long-term wealth creation

Africans may be surrounded by poverty, but the continent is certainly not poor

Economic empowerment is about long-term wealth creation and not short-term materialistic entitlement

By nature, human beings are averse to risk and will not take chances with people they do not know and trust

Long-term win-win business relationships are about value-add and not color-add

Throwing money at poverty-related issues may yield short-term benefits, but mindset change is the key to long-term poverty alleviation

The journey of life is not necessarily about how you started. Rather it is about how you finished

Mindset change is the greatest challenge facing Africa’s economic emancipation drive

Economic empowerment is about trust and value-add, not color-add

Accepting hard truths and realities can change individual attitudes and society as a whole

The mere fact that I may not live to see my dream does not mean that I should abandon my dreams for the African child

We are all duty bound to build a better future for the next generation.

Africa’s economic developmental fortunes can dramatically change through strategic sourcing

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

Today it feels good to be an African

We need to ask whether the economic growth models we are pursuing are likely to lead to sustainable inclusive development for Africa and, if so, at what point…..?

Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career

Supply chain management is simply about having a win-win shared vision in a value chain .

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart

Like the United States Africa must promote one Made in Africa brand and not made in country specific brands

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do

For me leadership is about purposively and selflessly doing the right thing for the common good.

Leadership is about purposively and selflessly doing the right thing for the common good.

People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps

An economically powerful Africa is possible through strategic industrial sourcing and changing consumer buying behaviours

A better Africa is possible through strategic sourcing

We must also concretize our search for innovative and alternate resource mobilization strategies, and in the spirit of Pan-Africanism urge those who are better endowed in any area or any resource, to show solidarity to others who may currently be less endowed

If you did not look after today’s business then you might as well forget about tomorrow

Whilst the rest of the World are strategically sourcing from Africa for long term economic development Africans are generally buying from the rest of the world for short term development

The value of an idea lies in the using of it

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were

“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.”

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing

We all one people divided by artificial borders which are pulling us economically backwards

Behold the turtle, he makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

No independent African State today by itself has a chance to follow an INDEPENDENT course of economic development, and many of us who have tried to do this have been almost ruined or have had to return to the fold of the former colonial rulers. This position will not change unless we have unified POLICY working at the CONTINENTAL LEVEL

In addition to exporting raw materials and human capital, African is increasingly exporting hard currency to support the continents insatiable desire for goods made outside the continent

Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else

We have the blessing of the wealth of our vast resources, the power of our talents and the potentialities of our people. Let us grasp now the opportunities before us and meet the challenge to our survival

The community of economic life is the major feature within a nation, and it is the economy which holds together the people living in a territory. It is on this basis that the new Africans recognize themselves as potentially one nation, whose dominion is the entire African continent

Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once

By far the greatest wrong which the departing colonialists inflicted on us, and which we now continue to inflict on ourselves in our present state of disunity, was to leave us divided into economically unviable States which bear no possibility of real development...

Poverty is not an accident like slavery and apartheid. It is made-made and can be removed by the actions of human being

One of the principal reasons why genuine industrialization cannot easily be realized in Africa today is that the market for manufactured goods in any single African country is too small

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy

Change, before you have to

Change is vital; improvement is the logical form of change

Over the past decades…while many businesses have pursued what I call ‘business as usual’, I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda

The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore; It will be the fast beating the slow

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear

Yes we can