The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy.

Look at the international bodies that came out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that neither you or I know their names, because they are completely outdated and still publicly funded because there are no sunset clauses.

The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.

After the sale of Celtel, I really wanted to give the money back, and I had a number of choices - to go and buy masses of blankets and baby milk or to go into Darfur or Congo. That would have been very nice actually, but it's just like an aspirin: it doesn't deal with the problem.

We are ready to negotiate with the Israelis if they want on the basis of international legitimacy.