Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Sangu Delle: Een lofzang voor macro -- ja, macro -- financiering in Afrika
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.
in Afrika doen het daar niet zo best.
in African development-related aid
aan hulpverlening in Afrika
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
van de bevolking lager dan in de jaren 70.
the IMF and the World Bank --
het IMF en de Wereldbank --
in plaats van hulpverlening.
shows little empirical evidence
weinig empirisch bewijs
tot economische groei.
silver bullet is microcredit.
on this romanticized idea
op het geromantiseerde idee
is an entrepreneur.
eigenlijk een ondernemer is.
in 40-plus countries across Africa
reizen door meer dan 40 landen in Afrika
want jobs instead.
gewoon liever een baan willen.
pan-African titans
in pan-Afrikaanse titanen,
he founded Celtel International in '98
in 1998 Celtel International oprichtte
cellular provider
een provider voor mobiele telefonie
across 14 African countries by 2004.
in 14 Afrikaanse landen in 2004.
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
dan het iedereen-een-ondernemer-model,
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
kennisontwikkeling bevordert.
nog niet op het punt
leads to growth through competition.
en kleine bedrijven, tot groei leidt.
alternatieve scenario's bekijken.
to each of 500 banana farmers
aan 500 bananenboeren
their surplus bananas
bananen kunnen drogen
at the local market.
kunnen genereren op de lokale markt.
to one savvy entrepreneur
aan één slimme ondernemer,
that yields 40 percent additional income
wat 40% extra inkomen oplevert
and creates 50 additional jobs.
waarmee 50 extra banen worden gecreëerd.
scenario geïnvesteerd
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
Eric Muthomi uit Kenia ondersteund
factory called Stawi
fabriek met de naam Stawi,
banana-based flour and baby food.
en babyvoedsel wordt gemaakt.
to create value for not only its owners
processen, zodat naast de eigenaren,
an ownership in the business.
delen, omdat ze mede-eigenaar zijn.
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
te helpen om een Mo Ibrahim te worden.
local and global partnerships,
lokale en wereldwijde samenwerking,
doorzettingsvermogen voor nodig.
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
in 1884 werd onderhandeld in Berlijn
were not exactly consulted --
over zijn geconsulteerd --
with small populations:
met kleine bevolkingen.
Cape Verde, 500,000.
Kaapverdië 500.000.
with trade barriers and other impediments,
handelsbeperkingen en meer belemmeringen.
across the continent
al handel op het gehele continent
grenzen om ons trokken.
outweigh the challenges,
zijn groter dan de uitdagingen.
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
de markt voor Stawi van alleen Kenia
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
alle landen die ons voedsel willen kopen.
empower farmers, create jobs,
boeren te ondersteunen, banen te creëren,
and we hope to become rich in the process.
en daar ook nog eens rijk van te worden.
de meest sexy aanpak,
achieve the same feel-good
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
met jouw 100 dollar een geit koopt.
higher-impact entrepreneurs
enkele effectieve ondernemers
that scale pan-Africa
pan-Afrikaanse schaal te bouwen,
for which our forebearers fought
onze voorouders voor gevochten hebben,
economische vrijheid.
for economic freedom
aan deze economische vrijheid
bedrijven van wereldklasse,
so desperately need,
waar we zo'n behoefte aan hebben.
dit is natuurlijk een mooi verhaal.
this is strong rhetoric.
between microcredit
tegenover microkrediet
and growing regular investment.
a role for microcredit at all?
nog een rol kan spelen?
innovatieve wijze
innovative way
van de piramide vergroot.
to the bottom of the pyramid.
at the Marshall Plan
Europa te revitaliseren,
and we need jobs.
banen creëren.
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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