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Creating the Next Generation of African Entrepreneurs: What it will take

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Creating the Next Generation of African Entrepreneurs: What it will take

(Professor Arthur G Mutambara)

New education system: Learning how to learn, problem solving, blended and multidisciplinary learning, financial literacy, technology literacy, leadership principles, and acquisition of capabilities & competencies

Enabling environment within countries: good governance, enabling government policy, macroeconomic stability, and basic infrastructure – water, power, transport network, ICT, and housing.

Enhance and leverage the nexus between entrepreneurship and continental integration. Create a large market for entrepreneurs’ products and services – 1.3 billion Africans and 2.5 trillion dollar GDP

Embrace the 4IR (e.g. AI, Big Data, Block Chain Technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Everything (IoE), Nanotechnology, Autonomous Vehicles & Drones)

Society must celebrate entrepreneurs, innovators, job creators and business builders; and NOT politicians, prophets, professors, lawyers, PhDs, or MBAs. Celebrate patents, intellectual property, and risk-taking.

Full Video of Discussion:

https://www.facebook.com/teachforall/videos/what-will-it-take-building-the-next-generation-of-african-entrepreneurs/1390342341348552/

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Abel Mavura is a journalist, editor, and writer whose work explores the intersections of cities, migration, and social justice. He tells stories about how people move, survive, and remake urban life under conditions of precarity, drawing on close field engagement and lived experience. Trained as a journalist at the Christian College of Southern Africa, Abel’s early work was rooted in media practice and community storytelling. Over time, his focus expanded into research and critical inquiry, allowing his writing to move fluidly between reportage, analysis, and long-form reflection. He is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and is currently pursuing research at the University of Cambridge, where his work builds on earlier research into migration and informal housing. Abel is the author of three books, and his writing has appeared across platforms ranging from grassroots and community radio to international and policy-facing spaces. His work is grounded in clarity, ethical storytelling, and a commitment to centring voices often left out of mainstream narratives.

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