Making Futures - Couverture souple

Delle, Sangu

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 191111588X ISBN 13 : 9781911115885

Editeur : Cassava Republic Press, 2019

Synopsis

From Nairobi fintech to Lagos healthcare, Accra fashion to Cape Town manufacturing—17 African entrepreneurs share how they're building profitable businesses solving real problems. Not aspirational storytelling. Actual founders, actual challenges, actual solutions.

Making Futures profiles 17 African entrepreneurs building businesses across 14 countries and multiple sectors—technology, manufacturing, agriculture, social enterprise, creative economy. Rather than celebrating unicorns or recycling startup mythology, Sangu Delle documents what actually works: founders navigating capital constraints, regulatory complexity, infrastructure gaps, and market realities whilst building profitable, scalable companies. These are stories of agency, imagination and purpose—showing Africa's future belongs to people solving problems with businesses, not waiting for solutions from elsewhere.

Sangu Delle is a Harvard-trained entrepreneur, TED speaker, and CEO of Golden Palm Investments, with direct experience of building and investing in African businesses. He brings insider knowledge of what it actually takes to build companies in African markets—the capital structures, regulatory navigation, team building, and market development that textbooks ignore.

Essential reading for anyone building, investing in, or studying African entrepreneurship. If you're a founder facing similar challenges, an investor seeking ground truth, a student wanting role models, or simply curious about African innovation—this book delivers. You'll find inspiration, concrete examples, and honest assessment of obstacles and opportunities across the continent. Readers come away understanding that Africa's future is being shaped by people with agency, imagination and purpose.

What's inside:

● 17 entrepreneur profiles across technology, social enterprise, agribusiness, manufacturing, creative economy

● Real challenges and solutions from building businesses in 14 African countries

● Insights from founders raising capital, scaling operations, navigating regulations across diverse markets

● Practical resource for entrepreneurs, investors, students and mentors working in emerging markets

● Geographic diversity showing how business contexts vary dramatically across African regions

Meet 17 entrepreneurs proving Africa's future belongs to people with agency, imagination and purpose. Join founders, investors and changemakers discovering the reality behind the headlines.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sangu Delle is a Ghanaian entrepreneur and Harvard-trained investor. He is CEO of CarePoint (formerly Africa Health Holdings), a tech-driven healthcare company operating across Africa, and the Founder and Chairman of Golden Palm Investments (GPI), which has backed leading African startups including Andela, mPharma and Flutterwave. GPI portfolio companies have raised over $1.2 billion in venture financing. A TED Global Fellow, Tutu Fellow and Eisenhower Fellow, Delle has conducted research in 45 African countries and interviewed more than 600 entrepreneurs, bringing rare depth and insight to this book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cassava Republic Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 191111588X
• ISBN 13: 9781911115885
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible