"I think all serious artists at some point waver in their self-belief. But you also have to have those moments when you are deluded enough to believe that some crazy thing will work out. Even if it means returning to what you intended to do to begin with."

"My psyche analysis tests show that I am an extrovert. I think I am an extrovert-introvert, meaning I am more extroverted than introverted yet both are strong parts of me. My daughter is in boarding school, and my partner lives in Europe and now visits twice a year – Covid pandemic allowing, so I live alone. People come over thinking I must be lonely, but that is not the case. I like and value space and silence. If I have to choose between doing something with many people and doing something with fewer people, I’ll choose the latter. In one of my chapters of life, I was a festival organiser; putting festivals and events together. Bringing people together was, to me, more enjoyable than attending them."

"This word is associated with tranquillity and calm. It sounds more mellow than its meaning, and I think it describes me perfectly because I like balance. I am a creative who is interested in many things. I have lived several seasons of life and have walked into different chapters where I commanded the room. I have left some chapters messily, but in the end, everything is always ok. I like things to be ok."

"I wouldn’t be able to do what I do now if I hadn’t gone through all those other journeys. I’m still involved in festivals and the gender space but in a different way. My core now is conservation and climate change. Activism is intersectional. So activism is the one word that would describe it all."

"I ended up in my home country, Malawi, helping a friend run a lodge. I realised I loved hospitality and tourism. So I opened a backpackers’ campsite. The plan was to do long-distance learning for my law degree; I’d read from the beach. Of course, that didn’t happen. After about 3 years of a wonderful life in the hospitality space, I went back to London and did a diploma in hospitality and tourism."

"As a member of parliament, I was able to understand the real problems of the population; I was able to understand the real needs of the population of my country."

"As a woman leader, of course my cause, the one I defend, is that of the participation of women in all respects. In all social, political, and economic spheres. This is the reason why I fight. I fight particularly for women in the economic sector because I believe that the economic sector is the “driven force,” the driving force behind development."

"I just love the fact that Khanyi is an independent and powerful woman, who is just comfortable in her skin. It’s also nice to see black women not make excuses and be unapologetically themselves."

"I asked myself, who do I want to inspire when playing this character, given that Khanyisile is a CEO so the answer would be young people who want to be CEOs one day. So at the moment, I know exactly who I’m doing this for."

"Let women play the role they have to play and Africa will move forward, our states will move forward, our institutions will move forward. Women are the key."

"Like my afro, I rise. Proudly self, proudly African — that is all I can be."

"In my grandfather’s house and my great-grandmother’s house there is no such thing as an only child."

"My family was the first stage I ever got my standing ovation."

"I think a lot of women go through mental and emotional abuse, but choose to stay because the other one ‘will change’ or ‘loves’ them"

"There are different degrees of this behaviour in relationships. But if you see this happening, I suggest that you re-evaluate your reasons for being with someone"

"Only afterwards you realise, ‘Okay, that was happening. I can suddenly be myself again, I feel relieved and free"

"The reality of this is that the situation in this movie isn’t new"

"Young people, people in relationships, are being manipulated because they are targeted as being weak"

"People like Melchior give them something to live for. Hope. A future. But they are, in the end, just part of a sick person’s power-hungry game"

"Both are about people being promised a new life, a good future, but in the end falling for someone or something that is all about money and power (mentally and otherwise), or being taken advantage of"

"But looking back at previous relationships when I was much younger and more insecure, one does tend to become more of a someone you think your partner wants you to be – to be accepted, to be loved"

"To emotionally prepare, I took from my own life experience and ideas I had about my character and relationships. Thankfully I haven’t been in any situation close to this specific story"

"When I did the audition, I already felt that this role was just sitting right in my skin, I don’t know why. This movie and character were different from anything I’ve done in my career before"

"If you want to change but you stay in the victim box, you will never change. I have to get out of the whole victim role and make it work"

"When you're an actress you can hide behind a mask, I've been doing it my whole life. And what happened when all the stories came out - there was no mask. I was completely naked. So I've learned so much."

"Funny enough we do get on so well, and we have good chemistry despite all of the judges standing up for their cause as they are experienced music industry figures and they understand exactly what to look for in an artist. Generally we get along very well, though we fight here and there and do have our misunderstandings. We are all there for the same cause. It is so much fun working together."

"Yes, I love Zanzibar very much. Generally I love nature and I have been to most of the exotic places in Tanzania but more frequently to Zanzibar."

"I always say sorry to everybody who I have wronged. Most likely the person I would like to say sorry to is not alive."

"It’s a very difficult task, I always get emotional about it because I know how much they want to make it in life and they need this opportunity, because I’ve been there wanting to do something and you don’t want to lose any chance you get. I try to convince the other judges to be slightly soft on them and we fight a lot. If it was only up to me everyone who makes the top 10 would be a winner. It really is painful and a very hard thing to do when you know this is someone’s dream, someone’s future."

"I was lucky to meet Nelson Mandela, and he kissed my hand – so that day I will never forget. I felt very special and I actually cried. I really loved him."

"I thrive on not knowing how any of my days can possibly look like. I wake up, I go to the gym and then go to the office for three to four hours."

"You know what's great about acting? It allows you to be an entrepreneur because when you are waiting in the green room to do your scenes you are writing a business proposal."

"The thing is the higher you move up in the corporate space the more comfortable you get. There you know your place, it has its own challenges but you are settled and you know where your money is coming from. I was fearful of how life would be when I have to ask questions like, 'where will my income come from this month."

"For the longest time I have been torn between corporate and entertainment ... knowing that entertainment is my first love, but also having corporate really paying the bills."

"Measures are being developed to begin the construction of a number of infrastructures aimed at improving the population's accessibility indicators to electronic communication services"

"The danger of being viewed as the strong one is that you try to keep this up, even at times when you yourself are uncomfortably close to breaking point."

"So I have chosen to allow myself the next few hours as hours of weakness. I will cry, I will be needy. I will ask him to bring me my favourite treats on the way home. Tomorrow, it will be business as usual. Its OK not to be OK"

"I was young and naive, comma, I didn't know my worth so I let them decide my fate, including what to pay me, .I never questioned. I didn't understand the business and, were still, I lacked someone to offer me the much needed guidance on how to invest.I have paid a heavy price for my naivety."

"Currently in Burkina Faso, we are making great strides with the deployment of fiber optics. We have already approved the fiber optic project that runs through Ouga to the Ghanaian border, and a link is already ready. The first work is scheduled to begin in September or October."

"As in her previous exhibitions, which have tackled issues such as the challenges survivors of breast cancer face, or photographing dancers performing within slums to highlight the needs of populations living in shantytowns, Ayeni-Babaeko’s amazing artistry is heightened by her commitment to social change and supporting marginalized communities."

"Burkina does not have significant resources and its development cannot be effectively ensured without ICT: investing in digital technology is investing in the future ,"

"ICTs have not come to hamper postal activities. ICTs support postal activities. If we take the example of mail sent internationally, by road or train, ICTs can allow the sender and the recipient to know if the mail has actually arrived. I believe that ICTs are there to support postal services."

"We believe that art is a beautiful way of raising awareness and celebrating diversity and inclusion. An exhibition like ‘White Ebony’ by Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko is testament to the way art helps to strengthen society."

"There are good promoters in the industry like Diamond Platnumz’s promoter and manager. Ali Kiba’s manager and promoter are equally good. There are people (managers and promoters) whom I fear. Back in my days I did so well musically but not financially. They made me fear artistes’ management to an extent where if I get one today, I must scrutinize him well – just to know how the artistes that he managed are faring."

"I believe my entire team in the ministerial department is committed to supporting all other ministerial departments in the area of ICT. We have currently developed sectoral cyber strategies, and my ministerial department is there to support all the others."

"I would love to have the kind of lifestyle Diamond Platinum leads, but without being under any management, every time I think of being under my management, my blood pressure rises, I prefer being an independent artist because I believe my previous management to some level exploited me and I am to blame because I let them do that."

"People with albinism face multiple forms of discrimination worldwide. Albinism is still profoundly misunderstood, socially and medically."

"The physical appearance of persons with albinism is often the object of erroneous beliefs and myths influenced by superstition, which foster their marginalization and social exclusion."

"If I had good guidance on investment, I would be doing better than I currently am, I made a lot of money but I was young and an orphan and lacked an advisor to guide me on how to invest and better manage my finances, that's my regret."

"My stage name is bigger than what I own. I was used. I was hurt since the beginning. I got very little from album sales of my music. If journalists can visit my place and see the deplorable condition I am living in, Tanzanians would open their eyes (and see the exploitation artistes are exposed to)."