The African debate
In Dakar, meet young problem solvers
Recording of the African Debate in Dakar, Senegal (June 2022).
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By: Alain Foka Follow
1 min
What if the Covid-19 pandemic and the grain shortages linked to the war in Ukraine had definitively convinced Africans to produce what they consume?
Some young people in the field have already moved from talk to action.
Initiatives are multiplying in the private sector, in areas as diverse as agri-food, digital, industry or environmental protection.
Who are these young problem solvers who are embarking on entrepreneurship?
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With the participation of :
- Yaye Souadou Fall,
co-founder of
E-Cover
, a used tire recycling start-up
- Souleymane Gning,
founder and CEO of the insurtech
Assuraf
and the firm eConnect consulting
- Mame Aby Seye,
General Delegate of the
DER/FJ
(General Delegation for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Young People)
- Biram Sock,
entrepreneur in the digital sector.
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