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3 Things Driving Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa

Harvard Business Review

Fatigue may be setting in for some Western investors’ interest in African innovation, particularly those that have yet to reap rewards to brag about. To gain traction with that upper-middle class — and their disposable income — entrepreneurs need the ability to blend international quality standards with African design.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

applied for Teach for America—including 10% of the graduating classes of Dartmouth and Yale. Or consider Kwabena Darko of Ghana, who helped found that country’s microfinance sector by forging a collaboration between global NGO Opportunity International , his national startup Sinapi Aba , and a myriad of village- and town-based trust groups.