Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
سانگو دله: در تایید سرمایه گذاری کلان در آفریقا
Sangu Delle is an entrepreneur and clean water activist. A TED Fellow who hails from Ghana, he sees incredible potential in the African economy. Full bio
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in Africa are not working very well.
به خوبی جواب نمی دهد.
in African development-related aid
برای کمک به توسعه آفریقا
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
کمتر از دهه ۷۰ میلادی است.
the IMF and the World Bank --
صندوق بین المللی پول و بانک جهانی ---
shows little empirical evidence
شواهد تجربی کمی را نشان می دهد
توسعه اقتصادی شده باشه.
silver bullet is microcredit.
on this romanticized idea
is an entrepreneur.
in 40-plus countries across Africa
در سراسر آفریقا
want jobs instead.
جویای کارند.
pan-African titans
پان -آفریقا سرمایه گذاری کنیم
مُو ابراهیم کرد.
he founded Celtel International in '98
کاری خلاف جریان تجاری روز کرد
cellular provider
across 14 African countries by 2004.
در ۱۴ کشور آفریقایی کرد
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
"هر فرد یک کار آفرین" است
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
گسترش موثر دانش و اطلاعات است.
leads to growth through competition.
از طریق رقابت باعث رشد اقتصادی شوند.
to each of 500 banana farmers
نفری ۲۰۰ دلار وام می دهید
their surplus bananas
موزهای مازاد را خشک کنند
at the local market.
۱۵ درصد افزایش دهند.
to one savvy entrepreneur
به یک کارآفرین آگاه می دید
that yields 40 percent additional income
که برای اون ۵۰۰ کشاورز
and creates 50 additional jobs.
۵۰ شغل دیگر هم ایجاد می کنه.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
اریک موتمی
factory called Stawi
banana-based flour and baby food.
و غذای بچه حمایت کردیم.
to create value for not only its owners
برای ایجاد ارزش نه فقط برای صاحبان آن،
an ownership in the business.
در این تجارت دارند ایجاد کرد.
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
تا به مُو ابراهیم تبدیل بشه،
local and global partnerships,
مشارکت محلی و جهانی
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
در کنفرانس برلین در سال ۱۸۸۴ شد--
were not exactly consulted --
مشاوره درستی داده نشد--
with small populations:
جمعیت بسیار کم بود:
Cape Verde, 500,000.
کاپ ورد، ۵۰۰٫۰۰۰ نفر.
with trade barriers and other impediments,
با موانع تجاری و سایر موانع روبروست ،
across the continent
outweigh the challenges,
به مراتب بیشتر از چالش هاست،
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
بازار استوی را از کنیا،
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
و هر جا که غذای ما را بخرند گسترش دادیم.
empower farmers, create jobs,
کشاورزان و اشتغال زایی را حل کنیم
and we hope to become rich in the process.
و طی این فرآیند ثروتمند و غنی شویم.
achieve the same feel-good
در مقایسه با اینکه
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
سایت kiva.org بخره را ایجاد نکنه،
higher-impact entrepreneurs
کار آفرین تاثیر گذار
that scale pan-Africa
در حیطه پان -آفریقا
for which our forebearers fought
for economic freedom
so desperately need,
به آنها نیاز داریم ،کمک کنیم.
this is strong rhetoric.
سخنرانی خوبی بود.
between microcredit
و سرمایه گذاری منظم
and growing regular investment.
صد در صد تفاوت می گذارید.
a role for microcredit at all?
نقشی دارند؟
innovative way
to the bottom of the pyramid.
در بخش زیرین هرم اجتماعی بودند.
در آفریقا با آنها مواجهیم
at the Marshall Plan
اعتبار نیاز داریم.
and we need jobs.
و نیازمند شغلیم.
بسیار سپاسگزارم.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sangu Delle - EntrepreneurSangu Delle is an entrepreneur and clean water activist. A TED Fellow who hails from Ghana, he sees incredible potential in the African economy.
Why you should listen
Born in Ghana, Sangu Delle's childhood home was a refuge for victims of torture and violence from neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Delle graduated from Harvard College with highest honors in African Studies and Economics. He was awarded the Soros Fellowship and pursued a Juris Doctor of Law and MBA at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, respectively.
At Harvard, enrolling in the Social Engagement Initiative program that bridged the academic study and practical service gap, Delle co-founded cleanacwa (formerly the African Development Initiative) in 2007, which today is currently working to bring clean water and sanitation to over 200,000 people in 160 villages in the Ayensuano, Suhum and Nandom districts in Ghana. Delle is also passionate about mental health and wellness, and was a founding member of Harvard University’s Mental Health Alumni Special Interest Group.
Delle has previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Valiant Capital Partners. Convinced that the real needs of communities can best be met through entrepreneurship, in 2008 he founded an investment holding company, Golden Palm Investments(GPI) to fund promising start-ups that can have social impact and generate jobs. GPI has backed technology startups such as Andela, Flutterwave and mPharma. GPI has also built a portfolio of greenfield companies in healthcare, agriculture and financial services. Delle serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GPI.
Delle has received several international accolades including being named a 2016 finalist for “Young CEO of the Year” by the Africa CEO Forum, Africa’s “Young Person of the Year” in 2014 by the Future Africa Awards, selected as a 2014 TEDGlobal Fellow, Forbes’ top 30 most promising entrepreneurs in Africa and Euromoney’s “Africa’s Rising Stars” award. Institut Choiseul and Forbes Afrique named Delle as one of the top “100 Economic Leaders in Africa” in 2015. Mic named Delle as one of 9 entrepreneurs in the millennial generation making a difference.
Delle is a Trustee of the Peddie School in NJ and serves on the Advisory Board and chairs the Leadership Council of Harvard University’s Center for African Studies. He also serves on the inaugural West Africa Advisory Group of the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University.
Delle loves the outdoors and trekked Mount Everest in 2013 and summited Kilimanjaro during the summer of 2015.
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