Quotes by African authors
When I got to be a CEO, I said: 'Right. I'm now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I'm going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.'
Gail Kelly
South African businesswoman
We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.
Ivan Glasenberg
Executive
I always enjoy ballet when you can read the situation very precisely, when I could tell you exactly which sentence that person is saying to that person even when they're not speaking and just moving their hand.
Francesca Hayward
Ballet dancer
It's important for the other players to have confidence in you.
Eric Bailly
Ivorian soccer player
Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.
Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda
I'd definitely like to do some more film acting.
Francesca Hayward
Ballet dancer
Hate has no place in the house of God.
Desmond Tutu
South African bishop
I think my track record speaks for myself... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate.
Fatou Bensouda
Gambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
There is only so much abuse a man can take until he reaches breaking point.
Emmanuel Adebayor
Togolese former soccer player
I was always a tomboy growing up in Africa.
Behati Prinsloo
Namibian model
I plan with the BBC African Player of the Year award to become an agent of hope and positive change in the lives of the millions of African youths who have lost hope and are deprived.
Emmanuel Adebayor
Togolese former soccer player
It can be daunting playing in front of the Kop.
Bruce Grobbelaar
Zimbabwean former football player
Ask anybody - every day at training I give everything.
Kolo Toure
Ivorian football coach
We're talking to every third-party supplier every day of the week, and our traders are talking to them and buying products from them. When we're doing that, we see opportunities which no one else sees.
Ivan Glasenberg
Executive
I have a motherly instinct and I'm always trying to give therapy.
Bebe Zahara Benet
Cameroonian performer
I had a couple of agents, but then I went on my own. I thought I could negotiate my own deals and it was probably my biggest mistake.
Bruce Grobbelaar
Zimbabwean former football player
I was 21 when my dad passed away and I always think about it, as the time together we had was quality not quantity.
Justin Rose
English professional golfer
You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet.
Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda
For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.
Lactantius
Author
I love Versace; I love Donatella's vision! It still has that '90s supermodel vibe.
Behati Prinsloo
Namibian model
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