A long, long time ago, in the very first Future Leaders program in The Gambia, I had dinner with Habibatou. The two of us in the light of a candle, with the sound of crickets all around us. What we ate I can't remember, yet our conversation it is still clear in my mind. It went from fathers and boyfriends, to men and women, to values and dreams. However different our backgrounds - her family is traditional Islamic, mine quote unorthodox - our ambitions were the same. We both wanted to make a difference and both wanted to give it our best shot.