Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Sangu Delle: Pledoarie pentru macro — da, macro — finanțare în Africa
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.
a Africii nu funcţionează tocmai bine.
în Africa ca subvenţie de dezvoltare
in African development-related aid
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
este mai mic decât în anii '70.
the IMF and the World Bank --
şi Banca Mondială
şi nu subvenţia,
shows little empirical evidence
puţine dovezi empirice
la creştere economică.
este acum microcreditul.
silver bullet is microcredit.
on this romanticized idea
pe această idee romantică:
is an entrepreneur.
este şi un antreprenor.
in 40-plus countries across Africa
în peste 40 de ţări din Africa
want jobs instead.
mai degrabă un loc de muncă.
uitaţi de micro-întreprinzători.
pan-African titans
unor mamuţi pan-africani
Mo Ibrahim.
he founded Celtel International in '98
a fondat Celtel International în ’98
cellular provider
într-un furnizor de telefonie mobilă
across 14 African countries by 2004.
în 14 ţări din Africa.
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
decât modelul micilor întreprinzători,
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
de distribuţie şi de informare.
la stadiul
leads to growth through competition.
să ducă la creştere prin competiţie.
următoarele două scenarii.
toți cei 500 de cultivatori de banane
to each of 500 banana farmers
their surplus bananas
surplusul de banane
at the local market.
de 15% de pe piaţa locală.
to one savvy entrepreneur
unui singur antreprenor competent
that yields 40 percent additional income
care să aducă 40% venit suplimentar
and creates 50 additional jobs.
să creeze 50 de locuri de muncă, în plus.
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
de 26 de ani din Kenya, Eric Muthomi
factory called Stawi
agro-alimentară, numită Stawi,
banana-based flour and baby food.
şi mâncare pentru copii.
to create value for not only its owners
nu doar pentru proprietari,
care deţin acţiuni în această afacere.
an ownership in the business.
un Eric Muthhomi să devină un Mo Ibrahim,
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
local and global partnerships,
parteneriate locale şi internaţionale
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
Conferinței de la Berlin din 1884,
were not exactly consulted --
nu am prea fost întrebaţi,
with small populations:
Cape Verde, 500,000.
Capului Verde, 500 000.
with trade barriers and other impediments,
şi multe piedici în domeniul comerţului,
across the continent
de-a lungul continentului
liniile din jurul nostru.
outweigh the challenges,
cu mult provocările
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
de desfacere pentru Stawi din Kenya
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
mâncarea aceasta se va vinde.
empower farmers, create jobs,
să creăm locuri de muncă,
and we hope to become rich in the process.
sperăm să devenim şi bogaţi.
achieve the same feel-good
sentiment de mulţumire
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
să-şi cumpere o capră de pe kiva.org,
higher-impact entrepreneurs
mai puțini, dar cu impact mai mare
that scale pan-Africa
pan-africane
pentru care au luptat predecesorii
for which our forebearers fought
fără independență economică.
pentru independență economică
for economic freedom
de nivel mondial,
so desperately need,
de care avem o nevoie disperată
this is strong rhetoric.
between microcredit
and growing regular investment.
și creșterea investițiilor regulate.
a role for microcredit at all?
e, totuși, bun la ceva?
innovative way
o cale bună, inovativă
to the bottom of the pyramid.
a celor de la baza piramidei.
at the Marshall Plan
după război,
decât microcredite.
de câte 200 de dolari.
and we need jobs.
și de locuri de muncă.
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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