Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Sangu Delle: Em louvor do macro – sim, macro – financiamento na África
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.
na África não estão funcionando muito bem.
in African development-related aid
para o desenvolvimento africano
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
é menor do que era na década de 70.
o FMI e o Banco Mundial,
the IMF and the World Bank --
e não para assistência,
mostram pouca evidência empírica
shows little empirical evidence
leva ao crescimento econômico.
é o microcrédito.
silver bullet is microcredit.
on this romanticized idea
nesta ideia romântica
é um empresário.
is an entrepreneur.
in 40-plus countries across Africa
a mais de 40 países na África
want jobs instead.
preferem empregos.
esqueça os microempresários.
pan-African titans
titãs pan-africanos,
quando fundou a Celtel Internacional em 98
he founded Celtel International in '98
cellular provider
de telefonia celular,
across 14 African countries by 2004.
de 14 países africanos até 2004.
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
do que o modelo 'todos são empresários',
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
e partilha de conhecimentos.
leads to growth through competition.
e pequenas empresas
através de competição.
to each of 500 banana farmers
a cada 500 produtores de bananas
their surplus bananas
as bananas excedentes,
at the local market.
no mercado local.
to one savvy entrepreneur
a um empresário astuto,
que produz 40% da renda adicional
that yields 40 percent additional income
and creates 50 additional jobs.
de banana e cria 50 empregos a mais.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
um empresário queniano de 26 anos
factory called Stawi
de processamento agrícola,
banana-based flour and baby food.
livre de glúten para comida de bebês.
criando valor não só para seus donos
to create value for not only its owners
direitos de propriedade da empresa.
an ownership in the business.
e ajudá-lo a tornar-se um Mo Ibrahim,
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
local and global partnerships,
parcerias locais e globais,
a Conferência de Berlim de 1884,
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
não fomos exatamente consultados,
were not exactly consulted --
with small populations:
com populações pequenas:
Cabo Verde, 500 mil.
Cape Verde, 500,000.
with trade barriers and other impediments,
comerciais e outros impedimentos,
em todo o continente
across the continent
nossas fronteiras.
outweigh the challenges,
superam os desafios,
mercados da Stawi desde o Quênia
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
a qualquer lugar que compre nossa comida.
a segurança alimentar,
empower farmers, create jobs,
criar empregos,
and we hope to become rich in the process.
e esperamos nos tornar ricos no processo.
achieve the same feel-good
a mesma sensação boa
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
para comprar uma cabra na kiva.org,
higher-impact entrepreneurs
empresários de maior impacto
que promovam a pan-África
that scale pan-Africa
for which our forebearers fought
nossos antepassados lutaram
pela liberdade econômica
for economic freedom
de classe mundial,
tanto precisamos,
so desperately need,
this is strong rhetoric.
isto é uma retórica forte.
between microcredit
entre microcrédito,
e investimento regular crescente.
and growing regular investment.
a role for microcredit at all?
uma função para o microcrédito?
innovative way
uma grande forma inovadora
to the bottom of the pyramid.
para a base da pirâmide.
que encaramos na África,
at the Marshall Plan
do que dar 200 dólares.
and we need jobs.
e precisamos de empregos.
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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