Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Sangu Dele (Sangu Delle): U slavu makro - da, makro-finansiranja u Africi
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.
ne funkcionišu baš najbolje.
in African development-related aid
u pomoći afričkom razvoju
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
niži nego što je bio 70-ih godina.
the IMF and the World Bank --
- MMF i Svetska banka -
shows little empirical evidence
malo empirijskih dokaza
do ekonomskog rasta.
silver bullet is microcredit.
je mikrokreditiranje.
on this romanticized idea
u ovoj romantizovanoj ideji
is an entrepreneur.
u Africi preduzetnik.
in 40-plus countries across Africa
u preko više od 40 država širom Afrike
want jobs instead.
ljudi želi poslove.
zaboravite mikropreduzetništvo.
pan-African titans
u građenje panafričkih gorostasa
he founded Celtel International in '98
kada je 1998. osnovao Celtel Internešnal
cellular provider
across 14 African countries by 2004.
14 afričkih zemalja do 2004. godine.
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
preduzetničkog modela
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
raspodele i deljenja znanja.
u tom stadijumu u Africi
leads to growth through competition.
dovode do razvoja kroz konkurenciju.
to each of 500 banana farmers
od 500 farmera banana
their surplus bananas
višak svojih banana
at the local market.
na lokalnom tržištu.
to one savvy entrepreneur
bistrom preduzetniku
that yields 40 percent additional income
koja ostvaruje 40 posto dodatnih prihoda
and creates 50 additional jobs.
i stvara 50 dodatnih poslova.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
preduzetnika Erika Mutomija
factory called Stawi
po imenu Stavi
banana-based flour and baby food.
brašno na bazi banane i hranu za bebe.
to create value for not only its owners
za stvaranje vrednosti ne samo za vlasnike
an ownership in the business.
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
da pomognemo da postane Mo Ibrahim,
local and global partnerships,
lokalna i globalna partnerstva,
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
Berlinske konferencije 1884. godine,
were not exactly consulted --
i nisu baš konsultovali -
with small populations:
sa malim populacijama:
Cape Verde, 500,000.
with trade barriers and other impediments,
i drugim preprekama,
across the continent
širom kontinenta
iscrtali granice.
outweigh the challenges,
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
od Kenije do Alžira
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
da kupe našu hranu.
empower farmers, create jobs,
podstaknuti farmere, stvoriti poslove,
and we hope to become rich in the process.
da ćemo postati bogati u procesu.
achieve the same feel-good
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
da kupi kozu na sajtu kiva.org,
higher-impact entrepreneurs
visokouticajnih preduzetnika
that scale pan-Africa
koji bi uvećali pan-Afriku,
for which our forebearers fought
naši preci borili
for economic freedom
za ekonomsku slobodu
so desperately need,
koji su nam očajnički neophodni,
da se postigne ovo.
this is strong rhetoric.
jaka retorika.
between microcredit
između mikrokredita
and growing regular investment.
a role for microcredit at all?
uloga za mikrokredit?
innovative way
inovativni način
to the bottom of the pyramid.
do dna piramide.
suočavamo u Africi,
at the Marshall Plan
davanja 200 dolara.
and we need jobs.
i trebaju nam poslovi.
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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