Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Sangu Delle: L'éloge de la macro - oui, macro - finance en Afrique
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.
croissance en Afrique
au développement en Afrique,
in African development-related aid
is lower than it was in the 1970s.
dans les années 70.
the IMF and the World Bank --
le FMI et la Banque mondiale --
le libre-échange, pas l'aide.
shows little empirical evidence
montre peu d'éléments empiriques
à une évolution économique
prescrit est le microcrédit.
silver bullet is microcredit.
on this romanticized idea
sur cette idée romantique
est un entrepreneur.
is an entrepreneur.
dans plus de 40 pays à travers l'Afrique
in 40-plus countries across Africa
want jobs instead.
gens recherchent plutôt un travail.
oubliez les micro-entrepreneurs.
pan-African titans
de géants panafricains.
soudanais Mo Ibrahim.
quand il créa Celtel International en 98
he founded Celtel International in '98
cellular provider
across 14 African countries by 2004.
à travers 14 pays africains.
le modèle un homme - un entrepreneur,
than the everyman entrepreneur model,
de moyens effectifs
of diffusion and knowledge-sharing.
des connaissances.
pas encore là en Afrique,
leads to growth through competition.
de petites entreprises
à travers la compétition.
des 500 fermiers bananiers
to each of 500 banana farmers
leur surplus de bananes
their surplus bananas
en plus sur le marché local.
at the local market.
to one savvy entrepreneur
à un entrepreneur avisé
that yields 40 percent additional income
rapporte 40% de revenus supplémentaires
and creates 50 additional jobs.
50 emplois supplémentaires.
le deuxième scénario,
kenyan de 26 ans Eric Muthomi
Kenyan entrepreneur Eric Muthomi
de traitement agricole appelée Stawi
factory called Stawi
à base de banane et des aliments pour bébé.
banana-based flour and baby food.
des économies d’échelle
to create value for not only its owners
fabrication moderne
pour ses propriétaires
an ownership in the business.
qui ont des parts dans l’entreprise.
un Eric Muthomi
and try to help him become a Mo Ibrahim,
devenir un Mo Ibrahim,
local and global partnerships,
du financement,
la Conférence de Berlin de 1884,
during the Berlin Conference of 1884 --
were not exactly consulted --
n’avions même pas été consultés,
fragmentation massive
avec une petite population :
with small populations:
Cape Verde, 500,000.
Cape Verde, 500 000.
1 milliard de personnes,
with trade barriers and other impediments,
commerciales et autres obstacles,
à travers le continent
across the continent
dessinent nos frontières.
outweigh the challenges,
surpassent les défis,
le marché de Stawi du Kenya
Stawi's markets from just Kenya
and anywhere else that will buy our food.
d’acheter nos produits.
la sécurité alimentaire,
empower farmers, create jobs,
créer des emplois,
et espérons devenir riches au passage.
and we hope to become rich in the process.
achieve the same feel-good
au même bien-être
to buy a goat on kiva.org,
pour acheter une chèvre sur kiva.org,
higher-impact entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs à grand impact
that scale pan-Africa
à l’échelle de l'Afrique
for which our forebearers fought
nos ancêtres ont combattu
pour la liberté économique
for economic freedom
de dimension internationale,
avons désespérément besoin,
so desperately need,
une rhétorique puissante.
this is strong rhetoric.
between microcredit
avec le microcrédit
and growing regular investment.
a role for microcredit at all?
a quand même sa place ?
de manière innovante
innovative way
to the bottom of the pyramid.
au bas de la pyramide.
nous avons en Afrique,
at the Marshall Plan
après la guerre,
que de microcrédit.
qu’une donation de 200 $.
entreprises et d'emplois.
and we need jobs.
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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