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Africa in one word
To me, it's an astounding opportunity because Africa will hold the fastest growing economy and demography in the years to come. Africa is a land of innovation and entrepreneurship so for a large company such as Orange it's an incredible opportunity.

One number
It's 50% of the trillion and a half internet users we will be expecting on the planet by the year 2020 so we can say that Africa is the future of internet.

A dream for Africa
First, it's for all the pains Africa was inflected throughout the year to disappear, especially sanitary crisis and political instability. Pushing through this, my dream for Africa is for the necessary conditions for its development to be gathered - through the investments from large companies such as Orange - so we'll offer a future and jobs to all this African youth. It will prevent it from going to Europe by millions. I think that's how we can build a win-win partnership between Europe and Africa.

A story? An anecdote?
The very first time I had the chance to see Steve Jobs, he talked to me about Africa and his question was: "What can Apple do to build phones, terminal accessible to all Africans?". I had this quite extraordinary conversation with Jobs, who was very concerned by this continent.

A proposal?
To use the digital and the networks we have today to allow the largest number of young Africans to have access to education and information. The digital is the best way through. It's an astonishing opportunity.

Africa by night
When I see this picture, I remember the very first time I went to Tananarive, Madagascar. I arrived in this very very large totally black city and I realized that one of the keys of this continent was energy, light, and electricity.

Energies for Africa
First, it's a vital issue: bringing light and electricity to Africa. And then the personality of Jean-Louis Borloo, his incredible capacity to put his talent and his energy at the service of such a great cause.

My commitment
Orange's and my personal commitment are to continue to invest a lot in Africa. It's been over 20 years and we've reached 100 million clients in Africa. There still is a lot to do and for me Africa is one the greatest strategic priorities of the group.

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To me, Africa in one word is the largest population in the world.
One number?
Africa in one number is 1 billion inhabitants and 2 billion in 35 years. The world's largest wealth, because a country's most important wealth is its population, a very young population.
A dream for Africa?
To eradicate killing deseases: aids, malaria, and we probably aren't far from achieving it. And my other dream, this time as a Schneider Electric leader, is to bring energy to 600 million people who have no access to electricity throughout the continent. It's half of the population in the world with no access to electricity.
A story? An anecdote?
Africa is one year of my life, it's the place where my first child was born, and so it's a beautiful family story and the discovery of a continent with them.
Africa by night... A proposal?
When I see the picture of Africa by night, this continent - which could hold India, China, Northern America, and Europe - has so little light at night. I think a company like mine and Schneider's associates have a mission to accomplish for this continent. Because lighting up so many lights in Africa means giving the chance to the young population to develop and to build new companies, to create new projects, and to create new things.
Energies for Africa
Jean-Louis Borloo's initiative - which consists in bringing energy to Africa - is absolutely essential. We believe, I believe that a human being's first basic right on Earth is to have a certain and reliable access to energy. Because energy is the basis of development, the basis of education, and so doing this means giving Africa the tools to develop.
My commitment:
Schneider's commitment is to bring electricity to 15 million families in the next 3 years and therefore training 1 million inhabitants, youngsters, and people with the ambition to become an electrician.

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Africa in one word is the world's next adventure.

One number?
Africa in one number is 54 countries.

One dream for Africa?
For her to show us the way.

A story? An anecdote?
I remember being in Ouagadougou not so long ago. I was impressed to see a wall with both Che Guevara and Obama on it, both were heroes for the artists of this wall. I thought it was great!

A proposal
For every African to have access to internet.

Africa by night... A proposal
This beautiful picture - where we see all the continent lit up except for Africa - it followed us throughout the years Jean-Louis Borloo was Minister of Ecology. He was obsessed with it, he was showing it everywhere he went, so it always inspired us for all this time.

Energies for Africa
I think it's fascinating, exciting, and inspiring. I think it's exactly what needs to be done, everyone is enthusiastic and I'm the first one of them. So, I think that the key to everything is the energy, with a little water, I'm not forgetting water I'm including it.

My commitment:
To be useful, if I can be useful, I'm thrilled. I like beautiful causes and the more difficult the more beautiful.

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Africa in one word
Origin, origins.

One number
What surprised me in a positive way were the 67 female Rwandan deputies. Probably one of the consequences of the drama the country witnessed not so long ago.

One dream for Africa
To continue on the dynamic of women, my dream probably is to widen education, the potential absolute weapon we need to develop very very soon. We are realizing that when education fails somewhere, a gap opens.

A story? An anecdote?
Some friends put me in charge of filming a private but very wealthy wedding of a rich industrial's daughter in Benin. It still was a time of marxism-leninism in Benin, so the spirit was stupefying. I remember it was an unbelievable wedding.

A proposal?
It probably already exists, but for European countries to ally and to create very strong partnerships with African countries. I think it will be mandatory in the future.

Africa by night
When I see this picture, what strikes me is this never-ending black whole in the shape of the African continent, a continent so beautiful by day and absolutely dark right there. The illuminated world around it, the cities, the urban flourishing and the Sahara in absolute darkness.

Energies for Africa
Borloo's initiative primarily is an absolute glow of cleverness because it's obvious and everything starts with this. The problem has one aspect: electricity; and then the rest will come: education and everything else we mentioned. I think it's essential.

My commitment
On a personal level, my commitment would be dedicated to culture and art. Anyway, I think that on every continent, Humanity needs art. Africa has a lot to teach us on this.

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Africa in one word to me is the diversity of colors, the wideness of its land, the beauty of the landscapes.

A number?
A population doubling: from 1.4 billion to 2.8 billion inhabitants in the upcoming 30 years. It never happened in the History of Humanity.

A dream for Africa?
For all African to reach a decent education level.

A story? An anecdote?
I have many but there's probably one coming to mind, especially since we are here at Condé Nast. One day, I was in the street in Senegal and I saw probably the most beautiful in the world. Her name was Christine, we called her Kiki, and I was stroke by the beauty of this traditionally dressed woman, with a curved body and a lot of class, elegance and extraordinary chic. It might have been the view of this woman that made me want to work in the fashion industry. And today I am surrounded by beautiful women but I always remember Kiki.

A proposal
Like I said earlier, education is to me the key to a country's and a generation's future. Today, we have the possibility to provide access to education to the largest number of people via internet through online universities, online classes, to what we call MOOC or SPOC. It's an incredible idea to put in place an educational platform on the internet where all Africans could attend classes depending on their levels and feeding their own needs. To do so, we need internet, and in order to get internet, we need electricity.

Africa by night...
When I see the images of Africa by night, it's striking. Truth being told, it tormented me both because I had absolutely no idea what the situation was, and because it's a deeply unfair. Why would all continent be illuminated by night but one, Africa? So it means we have a personal and collective responsibility to make sure that in 50 years, when we take another picture, all continent will be equally illuminated, in number of lights and in intensity.

Energies for Africa
To me, Jean-Louis Borloo's initiative is the most noble expression of politics, meaning committing to an universal cause. Seeing him, we realize we need men like him with a vision we can't say no to. So I entirely agree with his vision, especially because it's extremely simple, it's a basic idea, it's a feasible idea, it's not utopian, and it's an idea where all commitments - personal and collective - can make a difference. So I think this initiative is remarkable and I totally support it.

My commitment
Africa is the only continent - South Africa excluded - where none of our magazines are present. IF we did the same map with Condé Nast, the African continent would look like it does on Jean-Louis Borloo's map, meaning it wouldn't be lighted. The next Vogue will be Vogue Africa.