Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Sangu Delle: Elogio a la macrofinanza, sí, MACRO-finanza en 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.
en África no están funcionando muy bien.
in African development-related aid
en ayuda al desarrollo de África
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
es menor que en la década de 1970.
demasiado bien.
the IMF and the World Bank --
el FMI y el Banco Mundial,
no proporcionan ayudas,
shows little empirical evidence
poca evidencia empírica
lleve al crecimiento económico.
silver bullet is microcredit.
prescrita es el microcrédito.
on this romanticized idea
con esta idea romántica
is an entrepreneur.
en África es un empresario.
in 40-plus countries across Africa
por más de 40 países de África
want jobs instead.
la mayoría de la gente quiere empleo.
de los microempresarios.
pan-African titans
de titanes panafricanos
he founded Celtel International in '98
contraria a África
cellular provider
telefonía celular móvil
across 14 African countries by 2004.
en 14 países africanos en 2004.
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
emprendedor para toda persona corriente,
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
y de intercambio de conocimientos.
en África, donde muchos actores
leads to growth through competition.
crecimiento movidos por la competencia.
dos escenarios alternativos.
to each of 500 banana farmers
de los 500 productores de banano
their surplus bananas
bananos excedentes se sequen
at the local market.
ingresos en el mercado local.
to one savvy entrepreneur
a un empresario con experiencia
that yields 40 percent additional income
que produzca el 40 % de ingresos
and creates 50 additional jobs.
creando 50 empleos adicionales.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
Eric Muthomi, de 26 años,
factory called Stawi
de productos agrícolas llamada Stawi
banana-based flour and baby food.
y alimentos sin gluten para bebés.
de escala y el uso
to create value for not only its owners
crear valor no solo para sus propietarios
an ownership in the business.
una participación en el negocio.
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
ayudarle a convertirse en un Mo Ibrahim,
local and global partnerships,
alianzas locales y mundiales,
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
la Conferencia de Berlín de 1884,
were not exactly consulted --
los africanos no se nos consultó,
(Aplausos)
with small populations:
con poblaciones pequeñas:
Cape Verde, 500,000.
Cabo Verde, 500 000.
1000 millones de personas,
with trade barriers and other impediments,
comerciales y otros impedimentos,
across the continent
comercializaban por todo el continente
las fronteras alrededor nuestro.
outweigh the challenges,
superan a los desafíos,
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
los mercados de Stawi de Kenia
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
lugar donde compren nuestros alimentos.
empower farmers, create jobs,
la seguridad alimentaria,
la economía local
and we hope to become rich in the process.
achieve the same feel-good
el mismo sentimiento positivo
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
para comprar una cabra en kiva.org,
higher-impact entrepreneurs
empresarios de mayor impacto
that scale pan-Africa
negocios que escalan por toda África
for which our forebearers fought
lucharon nuestros antepasados
sin la libertad económica.
for economic freedom
por la libertad económica
empresas de clase mundial,
de riqueza autóctona,
so desperately need,
necesitamos tan desesperadamente.
a lograr este objetivo,
this is strong rhetoric.
esto es una retórica fuerte.
between microcredit
contraste entre el microcrédito
and growing regular investment.
la creciente inversión normal.
a role for microcredit at all?
para el microcrédito?
Creo que hay sitio para ello.
innovative way
una gran forma innovadora
to the bottom of the pyramid.
en la base de la pirámide.
que enfrentamos en África,
at the Marshall Plan
devastada por la guerra,
and we need jobs.
empresas y necesitamos empleos.
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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