politicians-from-senegal

"But the malaria parasite is always changing and adapting; you need to always be developing new tools to stay ahead of it."

"We're hoping new donors will come along - it's important to diversify,"

"We need to ensure the main donors are aware of the poor distribution of funds."

"All the elements are in the pipeline - a vaccine, insecticides, diagnostics. The more results we see, the more we think it is possible."

"Europe would benefit greatly from turning more to Africa. The world is evolving such that the upcoming big powers will be the US, China, India, and possibly Brazil. Europe is not one of the major powers. And Africa even less so of course. But Africa has what Europe lacks: space, human resources, and natural resources while Europe has the technological innovation that Africa lacks. Together we can become a power which can count in the future. I’m not interested in being sentimental about Africa. I’m an economist and I am here because Germany has a role to play economically and financially. The discussions I had in Berlin show that we have a lot in common."

"When I look around at these major projects which are being set up in Senegal right now, they are all being run by young graduates who have come back after having studied at international institutes in the US and France. For some of them this is their first job. They want to come back and my problem is finding good enough jobs for all of them. The young people who are migrating in boats to the Canary Islands are not graduates. Our objective is to give them a chance to earn money quickly. I met up with some of them who had been brought back from Spain. I asked them what it was all about. They said, 'Mr. President, we have no work here. We have to do something. If you give us jobs we will stay. The other thing is that there are prejudices against the traditional peasant life which our grandfathers lived.' But modern farms are different. I know graduates in Senegal, who have banana farms, and have come back with new ideas and use modern materials."

"We have solar power, and we are doing everything in our power to support it. Right now we have 1,400 solar powered television sets. But it is expensive. What I said to the German investors is that they need to reach out to villages all over the country. We have 24,000 villages in Senegal, and they could all use solar power. My aim is to use solar power for heating, for schools, for public buildings. This I will do because it is in our interests. We don’t have oil, which is why I helped created set up an organization of non-oil producing countries, with the aim of developing alternative energy sources and solar power. That’s why I invited those German companies to Senegal. I told them, we are ready to work with you."

"No matter the result, I want to give hope to them and to show the way. The main question is: Can a woman be president in Senegal?"

"This postponement was absolutely unnecessary. In my opinion, the delay holds the voting rights of the Senegalese people hostage. No one knows what President Macky Sall has in mind."

"For the first time, a woman managed to gather enough signatures. We need to reflect on why women have not been able to participate sufficiently in the presidential candidacy process. We must make the candidacy system more fair and inclusive."

"Establishing national women's bank to support their economic independence is one of our key projects."

"We've had women lawmakers, ministers, and even a prime minister. Moreover, Islam supports women in this regard. So why not have a woman president."

"The healthcare sector definitely needs reforms. I dream of a form of 'Obamacare' for Senegalese people and I think it's doable."

"As the only female presidential candidate, I represent Senegalese women."

"In the 2019 presidential election, there were no female candidates,And that didn't bother anybody, the two women who contested the 2012 polls took "zero-something" percent of the vote."

"In Senegal, this is the first time a woman is actually being taken seriously. It's a shock to me."

"While hard-working women play a vital role in all sectors of the workforce, they're given little opportunity to thrive – something she wants to change."

"The economy is in the hands of women. They work hard and are very courageous. Their only problem is that they are very limited."

"We will never allow Abdoulaye Wade to take part in the election. The decision to keep me out had nothing to do with the law. It was a political decision and we will reply with a political decision."

"I have an ambition to push at the level of the African Union, that we should have a harmonized legislation in the petroleum and also the mining sector so as to avoid ruinous competition with the aim of attracting investors."

"The (3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership) Summit went very well for all participating countries. All African leaders were highly satisfied. Today, there is a very effective partnership between Turkey and Africa, based on equal foundations and the win-win principle, but most importantly, Turkey gives great importance to mutual respect in its relationship with Africa. This is a very important issue for African countries."