Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Sangu Delle: Ku chwale makro - tak, makro - finansowania w Afryce.
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.
w Afryce nie działają najlepiej.
pomocy rozwojowej w ciągu ostatnich 60 lat
in African development-related aid
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
jest dziś mniejszy niż w latach 70.
the IMF and the World Bank --
zamiast pomocy.
wielu dowodów na to,
shows little empirical evidence
do wzrostu gospodarczego.
mają być mikrokredyty.
silver bullet is microcredit.
on this romanticized idea
na punkcie wyidealizowanego przekonania
is an entrepreneur.
jest przedsiębiorcą.
przez ponad 40 krajów afrykańskich
in 40-plus countries across Africa
want jobs instead.
woli mieć miejsca pracy.
zapomnijmy o mikroprzedsiębiorcach.
panafrykańskich tytanów,
pan-African titans
he founded Celtel International in '98
Celtel International.
cellular provider
która w 2004 roku
across 14 African countries by 2004.
w 14 afrykańskich państwach
że każdy może być przedsiębiorcą,
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
szerzenie wiedzy i dzielenie się nią.
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
leads to growth through competition.
wielu małych przedsiębiorców
to each of 500 banana farmers
każdemu z 500 farmerów bananów,
nadwyżki owoców
their surplus bananas
at the local market.
z lokalnego rynku.
to one savvy entrepreneur
jednemu bystremu przedsiębiorcy
that yields 40 percent additional income
która przyniesie o 40% wyższy dochód
and creates 50 additional jobs.
i stworzy 50 kolejnych miejsc pracy.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
kenijskiego przedsiębiorcę Erica Muthomi,
przetwórstwa rolnego, Stawi,
factory called Stawi
na bazie bananów i jedzenie dla dzieci.
banana-based flour and baby food.
to create value for not only its owners
nie tylko dla właścicieli,
an ownership in the business.
którzy mają udziały w firmie.
Muthomiemu w zostaniu Ibrahimem,
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
local and global partnerships,
lokalnych i globalnych partnerów
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
w Berlinie w 1884 roku,
were not exactly consulted --
nie pytano właściwie o zdanie...
i powstanie wielu małych państw.
with small populations:
Wyspy Zielonego Przylądka - pół miliona.
Cape Verde, 500,000.
with trade barriers and other impediments,
i innych przeszkód.
across the continent
na całym kontynencie,
narysowali granice pomiędzy nami.
outweigh the challenges,
są większe niż jego problemy.
z samej Kenii do Algierii, Nigerii, Ghany
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
gotowych kupić nasze jedzenie.
bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego,
empower farmers, create jobs,
tworzyć miejsca pracy,
and we hope to become rich in the process.
i mamy nadzieję na tym zarobić.
najseksowniejsze podejście.
achieve the same feel-good
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
na kupno kozy,
higher-impact entrepreneurs
bardziej wpływowych przedsiębiorców
that scale pan-Africa
w skali całej Afryki
for which our forebearers fought
o którą walczyli nasi przodkowie,
bez wolności gospodarczej.
for economic freedom
o wolność gospodarczą
so desperately need,
których tak bardzo potrzebujemy.
pomóc w osiągnięciu tego.
this is strong rhetoric.
to naturalnie silna retoryka.
between microcredit
między mikropożyczkami
and growing regular investment.
coraz większymi inwestycjami.
a role for microcredit at all?
dla mikropożyczek?
że mają swoje zadanie.
innowacyjnym sposobem
innovative way
to the bottom of the pyramid.
dla najuboższych.
at the Marshall Plan
odbudowę zniszczonej wojną Europy
niż dać 200 dolarów.
and we need jobs.
i miejsca pracy.
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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