Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
샌구 델: 거시적 규모의 찬사 — 아프리카의 재정
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.
이제 별로 효과가 없습니다.
in African development-related aid
지난 60년간 1조 달러가 들었지만
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
1970년대보다 낮습니다.
즉 IMF나 세계은행은
the IMF and the World Bank --
경제성장을 만들어 냈다는
shows little empirical evidence
silver bullet is microcredit.
on this romanticized idea
가난한 소작농들이 사업가라는
is an entrepreneur.
일과 여행을 통해 알게 된 것은
in 40-plus countries across Africa
want jobs instead.
일자리를 원한다는 것입니다.
사업가는 잊어버리세요.
pan-African titans
만드는 데 투자합시다.
he founded Celtel International in '98
설립할 때 아프리카에 역투자를 했고
cellular provider
across 14 African countries by 2004.
이동통신 사업으로 만들었습니다.
모든 사람이 사업을 하는 모델보다
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
소규모 사업가들의 경쟁을 통해
leads to growth through competition.
아닌 것 같습니다.
to each of 500 banana farmers
각각 200달러를 대출해줘서
their surplus bananas
at the local market.
남기도록 해 주는 것입니다.
to one savvy entrepreneur
유능한 사업가에게 대출해주어
that yields 40 percent additional income
40퍼센트의 추가소득을 얻고
and creates 50 additional jobs.
공장을 세우도록 도와주는 것입니다.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
factory called Stawi
설립하도록 지원했습니다.
banana-based flour and baby food.
밀가루와 이유식을 제조합니다.
to create value for not only its owners
소유권이 있는 직원들에게까지
an ownership in the business.
사용하고 있습니다.
모 이브라힘같이 되도록 돕는 것인데
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
local and global partnerships,
많은 인내심이 필요됩니다.
아프리카에 대한 쟁탈전으로 --
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
were not exactly consulted --
의논되지도 않았던 회의지만요 --
with small populations:
Cape Verde, 500,000.
오십만 명의 케이프 버드.
with trade barriers and other impediments,
55개국이 있습니다만
across the continent
선을 긋기 전까지
outweigh the challenges,
그 난관들보다 더 큽니다.
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
케냐에서부터 알제리아, 나이지리아
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
어떤 곳으로든 확장하려는 이유입니다.
empower farmers, create jobs,
농업인을 육성하며, 직업을 창출하고
and we hope to become rich in the process.
그 과정에서 풍요로워지기를 희망합니다.
achieve the same feel-good
염소를 사도록
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
좋은 느낌을 받을 수는 없겠지만
higher-impact entrepreneurs
구축하도록 소수의 큰 영향을 주는
that scale pan-Africa
변화시키는데 도울 수 있습니다.
for which our forebearers fought
for economic freedom
지역의 부를 창출하며
so desperately need,
지원하고 싶습니다.
강렬한 연설이었어요.
this is strong rhetoric.
between microcredit
and growing regular investment.
a role for microcredit at all?
있다고 생각하십니까?
innovative way
to the bottom of the pyramid.
직면한 문제들에 관해서는,
at the Marshall Plan
마셜 플랜을 고려했을 때,
그 이상이 필요합니다.
이상이 필요합니다.
and we need jobs.
일자리를 필요로 합니다.
대단히 감사합니다.
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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