Building resilience and youth entrepreneurship in Africa

Aug 12, 2022

While other continents have been fostering entrepreneurship ecosystems and building resilience into entrepreneurs’ DNA for generations, Africa still has a long way to go. Image: UNSPLASH/Woc

Asheesh Advani

President and Chief Executive Officer, JA Worldwide

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Like many African youth, the Mosibudi sisters (founders of Yamama Gemmer home-crafted ginger beer brand) developed their startup skills through JA’s local entrepreneurship-education programs. Image: Yamama Gemmer

Entrepreneurship in Africa: the number of unicorns in the continent are now seven, up from zero in 2015.

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