"Across the world, poor children are at higher risk of dying. Unless we urgently get more money into the hands of women, who spend more on the wellbeing of their families, children will continue to die. The economic marginalisation of women, too, is a lingering epidemic; and it threatens the growth and stability of the global economy. Unlike AIDS, this epidemic remains at its peak; funding remains flat and indicators deteriorate. Where is the comprehensive action?"

"The central premise in Islamic Banking is that money, in itself has no intrinsic value, but rather it must be used to generate income through trade or investment in tangible assets where it derives its value. Any gain arising from the trading is shared between the party providing the capital and the one borrowing the money and providing the expertise."

"The banks and their customers are partners, and share in a predetermined and agreed ratio, the profits or losses arising from this "joint venture""

"Yes; I’m Maria Kiwanuka, I’m the owner of the newest radio station in Uganda. We need your business and you need our business."

"Math is too hard for us girls."

"To transition to a climate-resilient and low-carbon economy, we need to adopt business models that foster economic growth and development, while ensuring that we do no harm to the environment and communities that we operate."

"We must respect the rule of the law. Borrowers must respect lenders and lenders must respect borrowers."

"Money is what makes the economy go round so financiers need to take a long overview to see how finances will be disbursed."

"If your SMEs are in line with inelastic demand, as a borrower, you can never go wrong because people need to eat and clothe themselves."

"First of all, all of us are stakeholders, there is no free lunch for everybody. There is no free finance. You must not say, let me take this money and run. In order to develop, we must stop thinking of getting money and disappear."