Lebanon has survived things that would have destroyed any other country. That resilience is not a weakness — it is our most underrated asset.

economylebanonPress conference, Beirut, 2021

We saw what mobile phones could do in Europe and the United States. We asked: why can't the same thing happen in Africa? Nobody had a good answer.

africaemerging-marketsMTN acquisition press conference, 2006

In this region, business and politics have never been separate. The question is whether you use that connection to build or to exploit.

businessmiddle-eastInterview, Financial Times, 2013

The MTN deal was not the end of our story. It was the capital that let us start the real one.

capitalentrepreneurshipM1 Group investor briefing, 2008

Any investor who ignores geopolitics is not an investor — they are a gambler who has not yet lost.

geopoliticsinvestingINSEAD alumni lecture, 2010