All Quotes

"You are not going to have much traction or much impact in this world."

"I think every single transition and every time you move to a new level requires you to step up and really build your skills."

"As a young entrepreneur, we don’t get much exposure to quality leadership to learn and build from."

"I think some people are blessed to have great managers and bosses and I definitely was able to get that."

"I didn’t have many chances or opportunities to build that skill myself."

"I definitely found it challenging when I was first starting out to just figure out how do I motivate people that aren’t like me."

"How do I create a structure where people are feeling encouraged to do the work? How do I manage people who aren’t performing and really push them to do better?"

"I was overwhelmed and humbled by the reception I got when I returned from New-York with the prize. However, people are still asking me how I got into the competition and the kind of criteria followed"

"I would not describe myself as an innovator. I think I am doing the work that needs to be done. If I am an innovator, perhaps it’s because I faced this challenge head-on and was persistent as well as fortunate in timing. I am lucky that our work is making an impact."

"I see the impact of genomics increasing across all scientific disciplines, and that is a great thing! Healthcare will get increasingly personalised, and treatments will get very specific to disease subtypes – this is already happening. Genomics will also accelerate the pace of development of such treatments. One more thing, I believe genomics will show us over time just how connected yet different we are, and that will have a significant social and cultural impact."

"Each environment has its unique set of challenges and opportunities, nationally, regionally, and globally. Across borders, one of the major obstacles, and at the same time a big opportunity, is that of disparities in healthcare. Disparities in healthcare are propagated where there is a lack of funding innovation into healthcare. Wealthy regions of the world have developed their healthcare environments significantly more than poorer regions; and even within some regions – wealthy or not – funding for healthcare infrastructure, let alone innovation, is disproportionally distributed and/or mismanaged. This has become the status quo for how our healthcare environments have developed, but this is now unsustainable in today’s globalised world, where an event in one part of the world can shut down all systems across the globe."

"ople who were in Arusha asked us to take a short trip to Bujumbura and see how the land lies in the country and then decide whether or not they should return. That’s what we came to do"

"Most of their claims (for divorce) were related to violence against women."

"The only sustainable model for healthcare innovation looks in equal parts at rich and poor regions, regardless of ethnic or cultural lines. This also means healthcare must become more collaborative. My only fear is history repeating itself, where the strong “prey” on the weak. Today’s generation of leaders must seek to do things differently, particularly in the healthcare space, to ensure there is a win-win mindset as an acceleration of technology and funding creates more value."

"Innovation is being driven by all stakeholders. However, I do think the voice we hear the least is that of the patients. In an ideal world, the drive for innovation should come significantly from the patients. In the end, Pharma, Providers, Payers and Doctors really work for the patient. And I believe now and increasingly into the future that the patient will have a stronger share of voice in driving innovation. With the increase of social media, accessibility to information, and patient advocacy groups, patients are demanding better care and better services. And, as I spoke about earlier, healthcare and treatment is becoming more and more personalised, which means whether an individual patient vocalises their needs or not, their genetics certainly will; and that has a profound influence on driving innovation upon pharma, providers, payers, and physicians."

"I think very positively. It should not take a pandemic to align stakeholders and drive innovation at a scale not typically seen before. Maybe thinking about how we can all work to prevent the next pandemic can keep us all aligned"

"I don’t know, but I know I don’t know it all! I believe the entrepreneurship journey is one of discovery. Always stay learning and never think you know everything. Be open to change. Allow growth to happen, and don’t fight it. Find joy and happiness in the little things. And enjoy the work you do!"

"It is an honour. I think the Bloomberg New Economy Catalysts is taking a holistic approach to problem-solving and innovation by ensuring that a truly global and diverse group of leaders come together to work on global challenges. I believe that it’s within that diversity, my fellow Catalysts and I will provide the needed solutions, which is humbling. Where I come from (and I know this is the case in other places), we all really want to make an impact and make our parents proud. Mine told me they were after the announcement."

"A Life in War and Peace” by Kofi Annan. I know this is not the typical business book, but I spent the first 20 years of my life in Africa, and in my teens, I watched a man who looked like me and spoke like me lead other world leaders through major geopolitical events. Kofi Annan made me believe that where I was born and the opportunities [or lack of] I had would only be limiting if I let it and could be an advantage. “Interventions” is his memoir."

"That’s the main idea so that we can help the women in the village, the women who are less fortunate."

"If we can grow all the raw materials in Rwanda, that means I can go to the village and the women will be growing the ingredients, and from there we can really see the impact."

"I have agreed to appear in court,” she said, “but my right to be defended by a lawyer of my choice has been violated."

"The declaration of reunification, the Memorandum of Understanding and the national congress held on 22 February 2015 resulted in the effective reunification of the UPD Zigamibanga party. The Minister of Home Affairs in time has taken note of the resolutions and recommendations resulting from this congress."

"I figured repurposing my talks into articles will be a win-win situation because I’d get to reach two different audiences via speaking and writing.Asikpo on why she ventured into tech writing"

"we write to educate others but we also write to improve our skills and also help our future self.Asikpo on the importance of technical writing"

"Personally, I can’t remember being in a situation where I felt I was not treated as equal. However, I have seen it happen to other Women in Tech. Asikpo speaking on gender inequality in the TECH industry"

"Whenever I feel like an imposter, I remind myself about the things I have achieved so far no matter how small it might have been. I tell myself that if I could do it before, I can as well do it again and even better this time."

"“Tech started to become cool because I thought I would start doing what the big boys at Facebook do.”"

"I haven't just seen the impact of communities in my life but in the lives of so many people so it is very important. That is why I am motivated to pay it forward by building developer communities which would, in turn, help other people join the tech world and scale through faster. Asikpo on her motivation for building tech communities"

"Being a developer advocate is just an opportunity to do a lot of things at the same time I get to write, to speak, to code, and meet amazing people.”"

"I believe women who fought for equality centuries ago probably thought that women won't have to face certain biases in the 21st century, but that is not the case sadly. Asikpo on gender inequality"

"“You might be a newbie in tech for 2 weeks but there is someone joining who is a newbie in tech for one week. So what you know in two weeks you can help the person joining with one week. So never feel like you don’t know enough or there is no one who is going to listen or you’re not good enough or something. Just start." Asikpo's word of advice to newbies"

"Some time ago I was not in Burundi. I want to correct some people who say that I was a refugee."

"Most women go to court after their husbands stop caring for them and the family, take other women or consistently abuse them in different ways."

"In the next fifteen years, I believe technology and finance will change the lives of millions of girls across the world, like it changed mine and that of my friends Barbara in Uganda, Ndeye Awa in Senegal and Lorene in Kinshasa - women who today are also helping to educate girls by teaching them to code.""

"one imperative solution is to educate entrepreneurs on understanding basic business principles. They need honest mentoring in order to scale their businesses - this is really lacking at present.""

"Who see Africa as an investment frontier and want to explore the market."

"The vision is shared as we to want to have partners coming to Africa and doing business in the continent."

"Data is a currency in African."

"I think for years we were not able to measure progress but now we can."

"This activity reaffirms Parliament’s commitment to effective oversight of the government actions and support to an inclusive and citizen-centred governance, contributing to the acceleration of the second National Strategy for Transformation (NST2) goals and the long-term aspirations of Vision 2050."

"Gender equality requires, first and foremost, an unwavering political will, once the enabling framework is in place, gender-responsive legislation must follow to break down systemic barriers. Women must be present and active in all spheres of national life."

"It highlights the importance of self-reliance, unity, and shared responsibility in addressing national and global challenges."

"We need to empower the private sector including small and medium business (SMA's) with skills of harnessing the consumption of the renewable energy resources."

"The aim of the Product is to enable Ugandans access electricity in off grid areas by addressing the affordability barrier arising from the up-front cost of solar systems."

"This is in line with the National Development Plan (NDPIII) Sustainable Energy Program objectives of increasing access and utilization of electricity."

"Increasing adoption and use of clean energy and promotion of utilization of energy efficient practices and technologies."

"Our new partnership with Equity Bank Uganda will enable us reach more people through their countrywide customer network."

"My name is Dele Bakare, the lead technologist at BudgIT. I studied software engineering at NIIT and also hold a Bsc. in Business Computing. I have a strong passion for technology and business. I was working at a technology company and also worked on several tech projects before traveling the road to entrepreneurship in 2011 when I founded Pandorgs, a Christian networking website that was developed towards bridging the gap of knowledge about Christian beliefs and life."

"Early 2012, I met my co-founder, Temitayo. From there, we launched Jobs in Nigeria, which at the time was one of the biggest job hubs in Nigeria, we had over 200,000 members in over eighteen countries in Africa, it was a big deal for me, using technology to help people find jobs around them. Before then, some friends were always asking me to help them find jobs online and they would go through a lot of websites trying to find a suitable job. It was stressful and hard having to browse many websites for a job, apply and still not get a job. Tayo and I had the same dream, same passion, we built JIN and started in 2012."