Making Futures

By (author)Sangu Delle

This collection tells the story of an emerging Africa, through the eyes of some of the youngest and most promising African entrepreneurs. Charting the stories of 17 entrepreneurs working in different industries and across Africa, Making Futures: Young Entrepreneurs in a Dynamic Africa showcases the young women and men who are taking charge of their destinies and building business enterprises and innovative non-profits to radically change their lives and the lives of their communities.

Making Futures equips readers with intimate knowledge about the markets and growth across the region, and how young creative entrepreneurs are identifying problems as opportunities and seeding growth in a continent that has been long overlooked, but is poised for explosive growth and opportunity, enabled by technology.

 

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Sangu Delle is a Pan-African entrepreneur and investor. Sangu is Managing Director of Africa Health Holdings and Chairman of Golden Palm Investments Corporation.  He has been an early investor in several African tech startups including Andela, mPharma and Flutterwave.

Sangu graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in African Studies and Economics from Harvard College, a Doctor of Law from Harvard Law School, and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He is a TED Fellow and a Tutu Fellow.

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