Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Sangu Delle: O elogio da macro — sim, da macrofinança em 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.
para o crescimento em África
in African development-related aid
para o desenvolvimento africano
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
é menor do que era na década de 1970.
the IMF and the World Bank --
— do FMI e do Banco Mundial —
não para a ajuda.
shows little empirical evidence
poucos indícios empíricos mostram
conduz ao crescimento económico.
silver bullet is microcredit.
é o microcrédito.
on this romanticized idea
nessa ideia romântica
is an entrepreneur.
é um empresário.
in 40-plus countries across Africa
por mais de 40 países em toda a África
want jobs instead.
o que quer é um emprego.
Esqueçam os microempresários.
pan-African titans
de titãs pan-africanos
he founded Celtel International in '98
a Celtel International em 1998
cellular provider
operadora de telemóveis
across 14 African countries by 2004.
em 14 países africanos em 2004.
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
que o modelo de empresário para todos,
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
de difusão e partilha de conhecimentos.
leads to growth through competition.
através da competição.
estes dois cenários alternativos.
to each of 500 banana farmers
a cada um dos 500 produtores de banana
their surplus bananas
as bananas excedentes
at the local market.
no mercado local.
to one savvy entrepreneur
a uma empresária experiente
that yields 40 percent additional income
que produz 40% de receitas adicionais
and creates 50 additional jobs.
e cria 50 postos de trabalho adicionais.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
um empresário queniano de 26 anos
factory called Stawi
de processamento agrícola chamada Stawi
banana-based flour and baby food.
banana sem glúten e comida para bebés.
as economias de escala
to create value for not only its owners
para criar valor não só para os seus donos
an ownership in the business.
uma participação no negócio.
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
a tornar-se num Mo Ibrahim.
local and global partnerships,
parcerias locais e globais
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
durante a Conferência de Berlim em 1884
were not exactly consulted --
não fomos propriamente consultados...
with small populations:
com pequenas populações:
Cape Verde, 500,000.
Cabo Verde, 500 000.
mil milhões de pessoas,
with trade barriers and other impediments,
barreiras comerciais e outros obstáculos,
across the continent
por todo o continente
linhas à nossa volta.
outweigh the challenges,
superam os desafios
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
mercados de Stawi a partir do Quénia
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
que compre a nossa comida.
empower farmers, create jobs,
capacitar agricultores, criar empregos,
and we hope to become rich in the process.
e esperamos ficar ricos entretanto.
achieve the same feel-good
o mesmo bom sentimento
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
para comprar uma cabra no kiva.org,
higher-impact entrepreneurs
mas de maior impacto,
that scale pan-Africa
que aumentem a dimensão pan-Africana,
for which our forebearers fought
pela qual os nossos antepassados lutaram
for economic freedom
pela liberdade económica
de negócios de nível mundial,
so desperately need,
tão desesperadamente precisamos,
a alcançar este objetivo.
this is strong rhetoric.
isto é uma retórica forte.
between microcredit
o investimento regular
and growing regular investment.
a role for microcredit at all?
ainda tem algum papel?
innovative way
uma forma ótima, inovadora
to the bottom of the pyramid.
na base da pirâmide.
enfrentamos em África,
at the Marshall Plan
o Plano Marshall
destruída pela guerra,
and we need jobs.
e precisamos de empregos.
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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