Transformify
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
70% of Africa’s population is under the age of 25 shaping one of the largest untapped talent pools in the world. What are the drivers behind these figures and why Africa is so polarized when it comes to skills development and unemployment rates? ” Speaking about gaps, let’s look closer at the skills gap.
Transformify
APRIL 15, 2016
Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. The founding of M-Pesa in 2007 inspired many young people to undertake entrepreneurial risks. Joseph Mucheru East Africa Lead at Google. Sam Gichuru CEO at nailab.
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Eric Friedman
AUGUST 18, 2021
In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. He expressed to me the idea that investing in Africa was—he used the word “risky.” I don’t think investing in Africa is risky. Dan has a B.A. with Honors) in Political Science and an M.A.
VC Cafe
JUNE 19, 2020
Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. Cohen asks. Impact Tech: the intentional use of technology and science to benefit people and the planet.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 11, 2011
As Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala understands how trade, aid, private investment and government support all impact an economy differently. She wraps up TEDGlobal 2007 opining on what they all mean for business-minded Africans and what still needs doing to stimulate their minds.
Growthink Blog
AUGUST 6, 2012
The entire fabric of the our "way of life" - from tax receipts to pay for government social programs, schools, and national defense - to the sense that the lives of our children will be better than ours is dependent on a society that creates LOTS of good jobs for those that want to work and are willing to work hard.
Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2010
To put it in perspective, let's look at two places in the world that create very few jobs – sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Well surprise surprise, they don't come from the government but more surprisingly they don’t come from corporate America. Above all else, persistently high unemployment, back up to 9.8% jobs created.
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