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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TEDGlobal 2014

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

Sangu Dele (Sangu Delle): U slavu makro - da, makro-finansiranja u Africi

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U ovom kratkom, provokativnom govoru, kapitalista Sangu Dele ispituje da li je mikrofinasiranje - male pozajmice malim preduzetnicima - najbolji način za kultivisanje rasta u zemljama u razvoju. "Izgleda da smo fiksirani na ovu romantizovanu ideju da je svaka siromašna osoba u Africi preduzetnik." kaže on. "Ipak, moj posao me je naučio da većina ljudi želi poslove." Dele, učesnik TED Fellows programa, govori u podršku velikim kompanijama i fabrikama - i čišćenju prepreka za panafričko tržište.
- 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 prescriptionsрецепти for growthраст
in AfricaAfrika are not workingрад very well.
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Tradicionalne preporuke za razvoj u Africi
ne funkcionišu baš najbolje.
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After one trillionтрилион dollarsдолара
in AfricanAfrički development-relatedvezane za razvoj aidпомоћ
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Nakon jedne milijarde dolara
u pomoći afričkom razvoju
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in the last 60 yearsгодине,
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u poslednjih 60 godina
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realправи perпер capitaцапита incomeприход todayданас
is lowerниже than it was in the 1970s.
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prihod po glavi stanovnika danas je
niži nego što je bio 70-ih godina.
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AidPomoć is not doing too well.
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Pomoć se nije baš pokazala.
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In responseодговор,
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Kao odgovor na to,
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the BrettonBreton WoodsWoods institutionsинституције --
the IMFMMF-A and the WorldSvet BankBanka --
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Breton Vuds institucije
- MMF i Svetska banka -
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pushedгурнут for freeбесплатно tradeтрговина not aidпомоћ,
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tražile su slobodno tržište a ne pomoć,
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yetјош увек the historicalисторијски recordзапис
showsпоказује little empiricalEmpirijska evidenceдоказ
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a istorijski primeri pokazuju
malo empirijskih dokaza
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that freeбесплатно tradeтрговина leadsводи to economicекономски growthраст.
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da slobodno tržište vodi
do ekonomskog rasta.
00:50
The newlynedavno prescribedPropisao
silverсребрна bulletбуллет is microcreditмикрокредит.
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Novi preporučeni pristup
je mikrokreditiranje.
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We seemИзгледа to be fixatedфиксиран
on this romanticizedromanticized ideaидеја
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Izgleda da smo zatočeni
u ovoj romantizovanoj ideji
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that everyсваки poorлоше peasantseljak in AfricaAfrika
is an entrepreneurPREDUZETNIK.
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da je svaki siromašni ratar
u Africi preduzetnik.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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YetJoš my work and travelпутовање
in 40-plus-плус countriesземље acrossпреко AfricaAfrika
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Moj posao i putovanje
u preko više od 40 država širom Afrike
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have taughtнаучио me that mostнајвише people
want jobsпосао insteadуместо тога.
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naučilo me je da većina
ljudi želi poslove.
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My solutionрешење: ForgetZaboravi micro-entrepreneursmikro-preduzetnicima.
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Moje rešenje je:
zaboravite mikropreduzetništvo.
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Let's investинвестирајте in buildingзграде
pan-AfricanPan-afriиki titans"Chess Titans"
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Hajde da investiramo
u građenje panafričkih gorostasa
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like SudaneseSudanski businessmanбизнисмен MoMo IbrahimIbrahim.
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poput sudanskog biznismena Mo Ibrahima.
01:27
MoMo tookузела a contrariantvojom glumom betопклада on AfricaAfrika when
he foundedоснован CeltelCeltel InternationalMeđunarodni in '98
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Mo je uložio opozicioni ulog na Afriku
kada je 1998. osnovao Celtel Internešnal
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and builtизграђен it into a mobileмобилни
cellularцелуларни providerdobavljač usluga
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i pretvorio ga u moblinog operatera
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with 24 millionмилиона subscribersпретплатници
acrossпреко 14 AfricanAfrički countriesземље by 2004.
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sa 24 miliona pratilaca širom
14 afričkih zemalja do 2004. godine.
01:44
The MoMo modelмодел mightМожда be better
than the everymanobiиnog иoveka entrepreneurPREDUZETNIK modelмодел,
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Moov model bi bio bolji od običnog
preduzetničkog modela
01:47
whichкоја preventssprečava an effectiveефикасан meansзначи
of diffusionдифузија and knowledge-sharingdijeljenje znanja.
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koji sprečava efektne načine
raspodele i deljenja znanja.
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PerhapsMožda we are not at a stageфаза in AfricaAfrika
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Možda trenutno nismo
u tom stadijumu u Africi
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where manyмноги actorsглумци and smallмали enterprisespreduzeća
leadsводи to growthраст throughкроз competitionконкуренција.
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gde mnogi učesnici i mali preduzetnici
dovode do razvoja kroz konkurenciju.
01:59
ConsiderRazmislite o these two alternativeалтернатива scenariosсценарије.
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Uzmimo ova dva alternativna scenarija.
02:03
One: You loanзајам 200 dollarsдолара
to eachсваки of 500 bananaбанана farmersпољопривредници
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Jedan: pozajmite 200 dolara svakom
od 500 farmera banana
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allowingдозвољавајући them to dryСУВ
theirњихова surplusvišak bananasbanane
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omogućavajući im da suše
višak svojih banana
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and fetchHvataj 15 percentпроценат more revenueприхода
at the localлокално marketтржиште.
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i steknu 15 procenata više prihoda
na lokalnom tržištu.
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Or two: You give 100,000 dollarsдолара
to one savvyubojica entrepreneurPREDUZETNIK
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Ili drugi: Date 100 000 dolara jednom
bistrom preduzetniku
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and help her setкомплет up a factoryфабрика
that yieldsprinosi 40 percentпроценат additionaldodatne incomeприход
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i pomognete mu da pokrene fabriku
koja ostvaruje 40 posto dodatnih prihoda
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to all 500 bananaбанана farmersпољопривредници
and createsствара 50 additionaldodatne jobsпосао.
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svim 500 farmerima banana
i stvara 50 dodatnih poslova.
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We investedинвестирано in the secondдруго scenarioсценарио,
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Investirali smo u drugi scenario,
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and backedподржани 26-year-old-година стар
KenyanKenijac entrepreneurPREDUZETNIK EricEric MuthomiMuthomi
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i podržali 26-godišnjeg kenijskog
preduzetnika Erika Mutomija
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to setкомплет up an agro-processingAgro-obrada
factoryфабрика calledпозвани StawiStawi
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da postavi fabriku za obradu
po imenu Stavi
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to produceпроизвести gluten-freebez glutena
banana-basedzasnovane na bananu flourбрашно and babyбеба foodхрана.
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koja proizvodi neglutensku hranu,
brašno na bazi banane i hranu za bebe.
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StawiStawi is leveragingPozajmio sam samo economiesекономије of scaleСкала
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Stavi koristi ekonomiju reda veličine
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and usingКористећи modernмодеран manufacturingпроизводња processesпроцесима
to createстворити valueвредност for not only its ownersvlasnici
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kao i moderne zanatske procese
za stvaranje vrednosti ne samo za vlasnike
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but its workersрадници, who have
an ownershipвласништво in the businessбизнис.
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već i za radnike koji imaju udeo u poslu.
03:02
Our dreamсан is to take an EricEric MuthomiMuthomi
and try to help him becomeпостати a MoMo IbrahimIbrahim,
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Naš san je da Eriku Mutomiju pokušamo
da pomognemo da postane Mo Ibrahim,
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whichкоја requiresзахтева skillвештина, financingfinansiranje,
localлокално and globalглобално partnershipspartnerstva,
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što zahteva veštine, finansiranje,
lokalna i globalna partnerstva,
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and extraordinaryизузетно perseveranceистрајност.
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i neviđenu istrajnost.
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But why pan-AfricanPan-afriиki?
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Ali zašto panafrički?
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The scramblekajgana for AfricaAfrika
duringу току the BerlinBerlin ConferenceKonferencija of 1884 --
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Grabljenje za Afrikom tokom
Berlinske konferencije 1884. godine,
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where, quiteприлично franklyискрено, we AfricansAfrikanci
were not exactlyбаш тако consultedkonsultovao --
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gde, iskreno nas Afrikance
i nisu baš konsultovali -
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(LaughterSmeh) (ApplauseAplauz) --
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resultedrezultiralo in massiveмасивни fragmentationFragmentacija
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za posledicu imalo je masivne podele
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and manyмноги sovereignсуверен statesдржаве
with smallмали populationsпопулације:
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i mnoge suverene države
sa malim populacijama:
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LiberiaLiberija, fourчетири millionмилиона;
CapeCape VerdeVerde, 500,000.
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Liberija, 4 miliona; Kejp Verde, 500 000.
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Pan-AfricaPan-Afrika givesдаје you one billionмилијарде people,
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Panafrika vam daje jednu milijardu ljudi,
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grantedодобрено acrossпреко 55 countriesземље
with tradeтрговина barriersбаријере and other impedimentsprepreke,
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širom 55 zemalja sa tržišnim barijerama
i drugim preprekama,
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but our ancestorsпредака tradedtrguje
acrossпреко the continentконтинент
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ali naš prethodinici su trgovali
širom kontinenta
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before EuropeansEvropljani drewдрев linesлиније around us.
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pre nego što su Evropljani
iscrtali granice.
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The pan-AfricanPan-afriиki opportunitiesмогућности
outweighпревише the challengesизазове,
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Panafričke mogućnosti veće su od izazova,
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and that's why we're expandingширење
Stawi'sStawi je marketsтржишта from just KenyaKenija
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zato širimo tržišta za Stavi,
od Kenije do Alžira
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to AlgeriaAlžir, NigeriaNigerija, GhanaGane,
and anywhereбило где elseдруго that will buyкупити our foodхрана.
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Nigerije, Gane i svuda gde žele
da kupe našu hranu.
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We hopeнадати се to help solveреши foodхрана securityсигурност,
empowerоснажити farmersпољопривредници, createстворити jobsпосао,
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Nadamo se da ćemo rešiti nestašicu hrane,
podstaknuti farmere, stvoriti poslove,
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developразвити the localлокално economyекономија,
and we hopeнадати се to becomeпостати richбогат in the processпроцес.
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razviti lokalnu ekonomiju, i nadamo se
da ćemo postati bogati u procesu.
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While it's not the sexiestnajseksi approachприступ,
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Iako ovo nije najatraktivniji pristup,
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and maybe it doesn't
achieveпостићи the sameисти feel-goodosećamo dobro
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i verovatno ne postiže isti osećaj
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as givingдавање a womanжена 100 dollarsдолара
to buyкупити a goatкоза on kivaKiva.orgорг,
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kao davanje ženi 100 dolara
da kupi kozu na sajtu kiva.org,
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perhapsможда supportingza podršku fewerмање,
higher-impactveći uticaj entrepreneursпредузетници
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možda podržavanje nekoliko
visokouticajnih preduzetnika
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to buildизградити massiveмасивни businessesпредузећа
that scaleСкала pan-AfricaPan-Afrika
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kako bi stvorili brojne poslove
koji bi uvećali pan-Afriku,
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can help changeпромена this.
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možda ovo može da donese promenu.
04:34
The politicalполитички freedomслобода
for whichкоја our forebearerspredaka foughtборио се
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Politička sloboda za koju su se
naši preci borili
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is meaninglessбесмислено withoutбез economicекономски freedomслобода.
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besmislena je bez ekonomske slobode.
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We hopeнадати се to aidпомоћ this fightборба
for economicекономски freedomслобода
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Nadamo se da ćemo pomoći ovoj borbi
za ekonomsku slobodu
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by buildingзграде world-classprvoklasni businessesпредузећа,
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građenjem poslova svetske klase,
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creatingстварање indigenousдомородан wealthбогатство,
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stvaranjem domorodačkog bogatstva,
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providingобезбеђујући jobsпосао that we
so desperatelyочајнички need,
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stvaranjem poslova
koji su nam očajnički neophodni,
04:53
and hopefullyНадајмо се helpingпомажући achieveпостићи this.
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i verovatno pomaganjem
da se postigne ovo.
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AfricaAfrika shallтреба riseпораст.
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Afrika će se uzdići.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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05:09
TomToma RiellyRielly: So SanguProstrem, of courseкурс,
this is strongјак rhetoricretorika.
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Tom Rili: Sangu, ovo je naravno,
jaka retorika.
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You're makingстварање 100 percentпроценат contrastконтраст
betweenизмеђу microcreditмикрокредит
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Pravite 100-procentni kontrast
između mikrokredita
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and regularредовно investmentинвестиција
and growingрастуће regularредовно investmentинвестиција.
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i regularne rastuće investicije.
05:20
Do you think there is
a roleулога for microcreditмикрокредит at all?
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Da li mislite da uopšte postoji
uloga za mikrokredit?
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SanguProstrem DelleU: I think there is a roleулога.
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Sangu Dele: Mislim da postoji.
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MicrocreditMikrokreditna has been a great,
innovativeиновативан way
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Mikrokredit je bio sjajan,
inovativni način
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to expandпроширити financialфинансијски accessприступ
to the bottomдно of the pyramidпирамида.
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za širenje finansijskog pristupa
do dna piramide.
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But for the problemsпроблеми we faceлице in AfricaAfrika,
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Ali za probleme sa kojima se
suočavamo u Africi,
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when we are looking
at the MarshallMarshall PlanPlan
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kada tražimo Maršalov plan
za revitalizaciju Evrope uništene ratom,
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to revitalizerevitalizujemo war-tornratom EuropeEurope,
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it was not fullпуна of donationsдонације of sheepовце.
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on nije bio pun donacija ovcama.
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We need more than just microcreditмикрокредит.
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Treba nam više od običnog mikrokredita.
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We need more than just give 200 dollarsдолара.
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Treba nam više od pukog
davanja 200 dolara.
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We need to buildизградити bigвелики businessesпредузећа,
and we need jobsпосао.
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Treba da napravimo velike poslove
i trebaju nam poslovi.
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TRTR: Very good. Thank you so much.
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TR: Sjajno. Hvala vam mnogo.
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Stefan Zrnovic
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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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.

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