31 Quotes by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Im told Im like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me.

When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the 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.

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.

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,

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

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.

[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.

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