John Dramani Mahama

“Happily, there's a reversal of the brain drain occurring in Ghana now. We're seeing a lot of - actually in Africa - we're seeing a lot of African professionals, you know, returning to the continent to contribute their quota.”

“I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated.”

“And I think that Africa is making progress that the world needs to recognize and assist the continent to continue on that path.”

“With the kinds of progress we're seeing in Africa, we have people who have a very high expectation, and often people think that, you know, things would happen overnight. But I want people to understand that sometimes it even gets worse before it gets better.”

“I am still a socialist. I am a left-of-center politician. I believe that in Africa, if you see the poverty around us, you can't afford to be anything else.”