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Hello Ian,
What an inspiration to people who want to build a business in Africa.Great! Actually i,ve been thinking about creating some sort of business idea in Africa (on a small scale) and recently mentioned this to a couple of friends - they just laughted at me!
I,m not an economist or anything like that but my gut feeling is that right now Africa has great potential.
Cheers!
PS. Yes it,s a pity to see many Africans crossing the Med and ending up having to adapt to European culture and no jobs around...or only jobs for immigrants..

Thanks for such an insightful post. I must say i do share similar sentiments with the statement about how America was built by entrepreneurs and how it can also be the same with us in Africa. The world today shows that to a large extent influence is tied with financial resources. For instance the Mo Ibrahim african presidents leadership fund promotes good leadership and it uses financial rewards to motivate leaders. Basically i believe we need a mindset change in Africa, one man put it this way instead of just observing the philosophy teach a man how to fish and you will feed him for a life we should go beyond and start teaching ourselves more than just learning to fish we can go beyond to "owning" the pond ourselves...

so i say lets continue to strive, lets continue to teach ourselves, lets continue to develop ourselves and become the entrepreneurs that will indeed change Africa.

This is a great article and shows the power of entrepreneurs

am impressed by mvula's story of encouragement. howevery before you start on anything, i beleive some fixed costs have to be met. for example me and my friends have opted to open up a ana enteprise training company in uganda. but we need fixed costs like rent and othe start up costs which are nt easy to come by. please advise me.

I am a Nigerian born on the 30th October 1983 in Kaduna State in Nigeria.I am a National diploma holder from the Fedral College of Animal Health and Production Technology of the National Vetrinary Research Institute (N.V.R.I)Vom in Plateau State of NIgeria.

I am proud to be an African and a Nigerian in Particular,but the major problem I battle is every day and night is how to overcome poverty.

Presently I am establishing a fish farm,but the financial srength is my problem.So how did you do the magic,I sincerly need to know.You can verify the information I am giving to see if am actually one of the true Nigerians or not.

I have a strong Passion for Entreprnuership and believe i would over come,but I need to act very fast.

Thanks so much.