ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sangu Delle - Entrepreneur
Sangu 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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Sangu Delle | Speaker | TED.com
TEDGlobal 2014

Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa

Sangu Delle: U čast makrofinanciranju u Africi. Da, makro-financiranju!

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U ovom kratkom, izazovnom govoru, financijaš Sangu Delle propituje je li baš mikrofinanciranje, tj. mali zajmovi malim poduzetnicima, najbolji način za poticanje napretka u zemljama u razvoju. "Čini se da smo zapeli u romantičnoj predodžbi o tome kako je svaka siromašna osoba u Africi poduzetnik", kaže on. "Ipak, kroz rad sam naučio da većina ljudi želi - posao." Delle, član TED Fellows Programa, izlaže argumente u prilog podržavanju velikih tvrtki i tvornica te uklanjanju zapreka panafričkoj trgovini.
- Entrepreneur
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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TraditionalTradicionalni prescriptionsrecepti for growthrast
in AfricaAfrika are not workingrad very well.
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Uobičajene preporuke za rast
u Africi nisu baš djelotvorne.
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After one trillionbilijuna dollarsdolara
in AfricanAfrička development-relatedvezane uz razvoj aidpomoć
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I pošto je trilijun dolara potpore
uloženo u razvoj Afrike
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in the last 60 yearsgodina,
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u posljednjih 60 godina,
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realstvaran perpo capitastanovniku incomeprihod todaydanas
is lowerdonji than it was in the 1970s.
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stvarni dohodak po stanovniku
manji je danas no što je bio u 1970-ima.
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AidPotpore is not doing too well.
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Potpore ne djeluju osobito.
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In responseodgovor,
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Kao odgovor,
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the BrettonBretton WoodsŠume institutionsinstitucije --
the IMFMMF-A and the WorldSvijet BankBanke --
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institucije Bretton Woodsa,
MMF i Svjetska banka,
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pushedgurnula for freebesplatno tradetrgovina not aidpomoć,
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potiču slobodnu trgovinu
umjesto potpora,
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yetjoš the historicalpovijesni recordsnimiti
showspokazuje little empiricalempirijski evidencedokaz
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iako povijesni podaci ukazuju
na malo iskustvenih dokaza
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that freebesplatno tradetrgovina leadsvodi to economicekonomski growthrast.
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da slobodna trgovina vodi
k ekonomskom napretku.
00:50
The newlynovo prescribedpropisane
silversrebro bulletmetak is microcreditmikrokreditna.
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Novi "čarobni štapić"
je tzv. mikro-kredit.
00:54
We seemčiniti se to be fixatedvežu
on this romanticizedSanjario je o ideaideja
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Čini se da se ne mičemo
od romantične predodžbe
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that everysvaki poorsiromašan peasantseljak in AfricaAfrika
is an entrepreneurpoduzetnik.
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o tome kako je svaki siromašni
seljak u Africi - poduzetnik.
01:02
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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YetJoš my work and travelputovati
in 40-plus-plus countrieszemlje acrosspreko AfricaAfrika
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Ipak, moj posao i putovanja u
više od 40 zemalja diljem Afrike
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have taughtučio me that mostnajviše people
want jobsposlovi insteadumjesto.
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naučili su me da većina ljudi
umjesto toga želi posao.
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My solutionriješenje: ForgetZaboravi micro-entrepreneursmikro-poduzetnika.
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Moje rješenje:
Zaboravite mikro-poduzetnike!
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Let's investInvestirati in buildingzgrada
pan-AfricanPan-African titansTitani
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Investirajmo u razvoj
panafričkih divova,
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like SudaneseSudanski businessmanbiznismen MoMo IbrahimIbrahim.
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poput sudanskog
poduzetnika Moa Ibrahima.
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MoMo tookuzeo a contrariancontrarian betkladiti se on AfricaAfrika when
he foundedosnovan CeltelCeltel InternationalMeđunarodni in '98
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Mo je riskirao kada je osnovao
Celtel International 1998. godine
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and builtizgrađen it into a mobilemobilni
cellularćelijski providerdavatelj usluga
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i razvio ga u pružatelja mobilnih usluga
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with 24 millionmilijuna subscriberspretplatnika
acrosspreko 14 AfricanAfrička countrieszemlje by 2004.
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s 24 milijuna pretplatnika u preko
14 afričkih država do 2004. godine.
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The MoMo modelmodel mightmoć be better
than the everymanobičan čovjek entrepreneurpoduzetnik modelmodel,
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Moov model izgleda bolje od
uobičajenog poduzetničkog modela
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whichkoji preventssprječava an effectivedjelotvoran meanssredstva
of diffusiondifuzija and knowledge-sharingdijeljenje znanja.
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koji sprečava učinkovito
širenje i dijeljenje znanja.
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PerhapsMožda we are not at a stagefaza in AfricaAfrika
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Vjerojatno mi u Africi nismo u fazi
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where manymnogi actorsglumci and smallmali enterprisespoduzeća
leadsvodi to growthrast throughkroz competitionkonkurencija.
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da rastemo kroz konkurenciju
brojnih sudionika i malih tvrtki.
01:59
ConsiderUzeti u obzir these two alternativealternativa scenariosscenariji.
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Zamislite ova dva alternativna scenarija.
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One: You loanzajam 200 dollarsdolara
to eachsvaki of 500 bananabanana farmerspoljoprivrednici
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Prvi: Pozajmite 200 dolara svakom
od 500 uzgajivača banana,
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allowingomogućujući them to drysuho
theirnjihov surplusvišak bananasbanane
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dopuštajući im da osuše
višak svojih banana
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and fetchpoći po koga 15 percentposto more revenueprihod
at the locallokalne markettržište.
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i tako uprihode i 15 posto više
na lokalnom tržištu.
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Or two: You give 100,000 dollarsdolara
to one savvypamet entrepreneurpoduzetnik
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Ili drugi: Pozajmite 100.000 dolara
vještom poduzetniku,
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and help her setset up a factorytvornica
that yieldsprinosi 40 percentposto additionalDodatne incomeprihod
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pomognete mu osnovati tvornicu
koja donosi 40 posto više prihoda
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to all 500 bananabanana farmerspoljoprivrednici
and createsstvara 50 additionalDodatne jobsposlovi.
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svakom od 500 uzgajivača banana
i stvara 50 dodatnih radnih mjesta.
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We investeduloženo in the seconddrugi scenarioscenario,
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Mi smo uložili u drugi scenarij,
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and backedonaj koji ima potporu 26-year-old-godinu star
KenyanKenijski entrepreneurpoduzetnik EricEric MuthomiMuthomi
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i podržali 26-godišnjeg kenijskog
poduzetnika Erica Muthomija
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to setset up an agro-processingPoljoprivredno-prerađivačkih
factorytvornica calledzvao StawiStawi
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u osnivanju tvornice za preradu
poljoprivrednih proizvoda, Stawi,
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to produceproizvoditi gluten-freebez glutena
banana-basedbanana-temeljen flourbrašno and babydijete foodhrana.
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i proizvodnji bezglutenskog
bananinog brašna i dječje hrane.
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StawiStawi is leveragingutjecati economiesekonomija of scaleljestvica
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Stawi se zasniva na tzv. ekonomiji razmjera
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and usingkoristeći modernmoderan manufacturingproizvodnja processesprocesi
to createstvoriti valuevrijednost for not only its ownersvlasnici
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i koristi moderne proizvodne procese u
stvaranju vrijednosti ne samo za vlasnike,
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but its workersradnici, who have
an ownershipvlasništvo in the businessPoslovni.
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već i za radnike koji imaju udjele
u vlasništvu tvrtke.
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Our dreamsan is to take an EricEric MuthomiMuthomi
and try to help him becomepostati a MoMo IbrahimIbrahim,
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Naš je san pomoći Ericu Muthomiju
da postane Mo Ibrahim,
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whichkoji requirestraži skillvještina, financingfinanciranje,
locallokalne and globalglobalno partnershipspartnerstva,
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što zahtijeva vještinu, financije,
lokalna i globalna partnerstva,
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and extraordinaryizvanredan perseveranceustrajnost.
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i nesvakidašnju ustrajnost.
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But why pan-AfricanPan-African?
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The scrambleotimati for AfricaAfrika
duringza vrijeme the BerlinBerlin ConferenceKonferencije of 1884 --
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Otimanje za Afriku tijekom
berlinske konferencije 1884. -
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where, quitedosta franklyiskreno, we AfricansAfrikanci
were not exactlytočno consultedkonzultirani --
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gdje, posve iskreno, s nama Afrikancima
nitko se zapravo nije posavjetovao -
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(LaughterSmijeh) (ApplausePljesak) --
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resultedje rezultiralo in massivemasivan fragmentationFragmentacija
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urodilo je ogromnim rascjepkavanjem
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and manymnogi sovereignsuveren statesDržave
with smallmali populationspopulacije:
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i s mnogo suverenih država
s malobrojnim stanovništvom:
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LiberiaLiberija, fourčetiri millionmilijuna;
CapeRT VerdeVerde, 500,000.
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Liberija, 4 milijuna;
Zelenortski otoci, 500 000.
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Pan-AfricaPan-Afrika givesdaje you one billionmilijardi people,
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Pan-Afriku čini jedna milijarda ljudi!
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grantedodobreno acrosspreko 55 countrieszemlje
with tradetrgovina barriersbarijere and other impedimentsprepreke,
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55 država s trgovinskim barijerama
i s ostalim zaprekama.
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but our ancestorspreci tradedkojima se trguje
acrosspreko the continentkontinent
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No, naši su preci trgovali
diljem kontinenta
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before EuropeansEuropljani drewnacrtati lineslinije around us.
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prije no što su Europljani
povukli crte oko nas.
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The pan-AfricanPan-African opportunitiesprilike
outweighprevagnuti the challengesizazovi,
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Prigode koje stoje pred Pan-Afrikom
daleko nadmašuju osporavanja,
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and that's why we're expandingširenje
Stawi'sStawi je marketstržišta from just KenyaKenija
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i upravo zato Stawiju
proširujemo tržište, od Kenije
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to AlgeriaAlžir, NigeriaNigerija, GhanaGana,
and anywherebilo kuda elsedrugo that will buykupiti our foodhrana.
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prema Alžiru, Nigeriji, Gani,
gdje god će ljudi kupovati našu hranu.
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We hopenada to help solveriješiti foodhrana securitysigurnosti,
empowerosposobiti farmerspoljoprivrednici, createstvoriti jobsposlovi,
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Nadamo se da ćemo osigurati opskrbu hranom,
osnažiti posljoprivrednike, stvoriti radna mjesta,
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developrazviti the locallokalne economyEkonomija,
and we hopenada to becomepostati richbogat in the processpostupak.
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razviti lokalno gospodarstvo,
a nadamo se pritom i obogatiti.
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While it's not the sexiestnajseksi approachpristup,
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Iako to i nije najprivlačniji
mogući pristup,
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and maybe it doesn't
achievepostići the sameisti feel-goodosjećati-dobar
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i možda njime ne postižemo
jednako dobar osjećaj
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as givingdavanje a womanžena 100 dollarsdolara
to buykupiti a goatJarac on kivaKiva.orgorg,
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kao kad damo ženi 100 dolara
da kupi kozu na kiva.org,
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perhapsmožda supportingPodrška fewermanje,
higher-impactveći utjecaj entrepreneurspoduzetnici
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možda podržavanje manjeg
broja utjecajnih poduzetnika
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to buildizgraditi massivemasivan businessespoduzeća
that scaleljestvica pan-AfricaPan-Afrika
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u stvaranju velikih poduzeća,
koja će obujmiti Panafriku,
04:31
can help changepromijeniti this.
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može pomoći u mijenjanju - ovoga.
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The politicalpolitički freedomsloboda
for whichkoji our forebearerspredaka foughtborio
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Politička sloboda za koju
su se naši preci borili
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is meaninglessbez značenja withoutbez economicekonomski freedomsloboda.
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besmislena je bez
ekonomske slobode.
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We hopenada to aidpomoć this fightborba
for economicekonomski freedomsloboda
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Nadamo se pripomoći ovoj
borbi za ekonomsku slobodu
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by buildingzgrada world-classsvjetske klase businessespoduzeća,
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izgradnjom vrhunskih poduzeća,
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creatingstvaranje indigenousdomaći wealthbogatstvo,
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stvaranjem domaćeg bogatstva,
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providingpružanje jobsposlovi that we
so desperatelyočajnički need,
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osiguravanjem radnih mjesta
koja toliko očajnički trebamo,
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and hopefullynadajmo se helpingpomoć achievepostići this.
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i tako ćemo, nadamo se,
pomoći u postizanju - ovog.
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AfricaAfrika shalltreba riseustati.
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Afrika će se uzdići.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Pljesak)
05:09
TomTom RiellyRielly: So SanguBrane, of coursenaravno,
this is strongjak rhetoricretorika.
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Tom Rielly: Sangu, ovo su snažne riječi.
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You're makingizrađivanje 100 percentposto contrastkontrast
betweenizmeđu microcreditmikrokreditna
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Ističeš potpunu suprotstavljenost
između mikrokreditiranja
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and regularredovan investmentulaganje
and growingrastući regularredovan investmentulaganje.
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i rasta pravih ulaganja.
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Do you think there is
a roleuloga for microcreditmikrokreditna at all?
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Misliš li da mikrokreditiranje
uopće može biti od koristi?
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SanguBrane DelleDelle: I think there is a roleuloga.
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Sangu Delle: Mislim da može.
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MicrocreditMikrokreditne has been a great,
innovativeinovativan way
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Mikrokreditiranje je dosad
bilo odličan, inovativan način
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to expandproširiti financialfinancijska accesspristup
to the bottomdno of the pyramidpiramida.
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da i ljudi s dna društvene piramide
pristupe financijskim sredstvima.
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But for the problemsproblemi we facelice in AfricaAfrika,
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No za probleme s kojima
se u Africi suočavamo,
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when we are looking
at the MarshallMarshall PlanPlana
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sjetimo li se Marshallovog plana
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to revitalizerevitalizirati war-tornratom EuropeEurope,
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za oživljavanje ratom
rascijepljene Europe,
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it was not fullpuni of donationsdonacije of sheepovca.
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odgovor nije sasvim
u doniranju ovaca.
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We need more than just microcreditmikrokreditna.
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Trebamo više od mikrokredita.
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We need more than just give 200 dollarsdolara.
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Trebamo više od toga da
nam netko da 200 dolara.
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We need to buildizgraditi bigvelika businessespoduzeća,
and we need jobsposlovi.
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Trebamo izgraditi velika poduzeća,
i trebamo radna mjesta.
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TRTR: Very good. Thank you so much.
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TR: Vrlo dobro. Hvala ti puno.
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Translated by Mladen Barešić
Reviewed by Ivan Stamenkovic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sangu Delle - Entrepreneur
Sangu 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.

More profile about the speaker
Sangu Delle | Speaker | TED.com

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