Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
سانغو ديلي: التمويل الأكبر في أفريقيا
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.
للنمو في أفريقيا بشكل جيد جدًا.
in African development-related aid
من أجل التنمية في أفريقيا
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
هو أقل مما كان عليه في السبعينات.
the IMF and the World Bank --
- صندوق النقد الدولي والبنك الدولي -
وليس المساعدات،
shows little empirical evidence
بقليل من الأدلة التجريبية
تؤدي إلى النمو الاقتصادي.
silver bullet is microcredit.
فهو القروض الصغرى.
on this romanticized idea
هذه الفكرة الرومانسية
is an entrepreneur.
في أفريقيا رواد أعمال.
in 40-plus countries across Africa
من 40 بلدًا في جميع أنحاء أفريقيا
want jobs instead.
وظائف بدلًا من ذلك.
pan-African titans
he founded Celtel International in '98
عندما أسس شركة سلتل الدولية في '98
cellular provider
across 14 African countries by 2004.
14 بلدًا أفريقيًا بحلول عام 2004.
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
لمو أفضل من نماذج كل رواد الأعمال،
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
لنشر وتبادل المعرفة.
leads to growth through competition.
تسعى إلى النمو من خلال المنافسة.
to each of 500 banana farmers
لكل من 500 مزارع للموز
their surplus bananas
at the local market.
15 في المائة من السوق المحلية.
to one savvy entrepreneur
لرجل أعمال ذكي واحد
that yields 40 percent additional income
يدر 40 في المئة من الدخل الإضافي
and creates 50 additional jobs.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
ذو ال26 عامًا أريك ماتومي
factory called Stawi
المسمى "Stawi"
banana-based flour and baby food.
الخالية من الغلوتين.
to create value for not only its owners
لخلق القيمة ليس فقط لأصحابه
an ownership in the business.
يملكون جزءًا من الشركة.
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
ليصبح مو إبراهيم،
local and global partnerships,
وشراكات محلية وعالمية،
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
were not exactly consulted --
لم تتم استشارتنا بالضبط -
with small populations:
Cape Verde, 500,000.
والرأس الأخضر، 500,000.
with trade barriers and other impediments,
بحواجز تجارية وغيرها من المعوقات،
across the continent
في جميع أنحاء القارة
outweigh the challenges,
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
من مجرد كينيا
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
وأي مكان آخر يمكن أن يشتري طعامنا.
empower farmers, create jobs,
ودعم المزارعين وخلق فرص عمل
and we hope to become rich in the process.
أن نصبح أغنياء في هذه العملية.
achieve the same feel-good
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
لامرأة لشراء الماعز على kiva.org،
higher-impact entrepreneurs
ذات التأثير العالي
that scale pan-Africa
for which our forebearers fought
for economic freedom
من أجل الحرية الاقتصادية
so desperately need,
التي نحن في أمس الحاجة إليها،
this is strong rhetoric.
هذا خطاب قوي.
between microcredit
بين القروض الصغرى
and growing regular investment.
والاستثمار المنتظم المتزايد.
a role for microcredit at all?
للقروض الصغرى على الإطلاق؟
innovative way
to the bottom of the pyramid.
التمويل لصالح أسفل الهرم.
التي نواجهها في أفريقيا،
at the Marshall Plan
مجرد إعطاء 200 دولار.
and we need jobs.
ونحن بحاجة لفرص العمل.
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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