Being an entrepreneur in the US or Europe is always viewed as a means to escape the corporate world. A way for those that do not want to conform to the hierarchy telling you what to do! People searching for "Freedom" from the rat race!Sometimes people who go out to create a future and hold their destiny in their own hands are looked down upon and scolded by family due to the risks and apparent failure rates.
Some of us starting a business, do so for social reasons, as a means to create new exciting opportunities through projects, products and employment. But sometimes those entrepreneurs are merely trying to survive. They have very little training and knowledge and expertise to ensure success, but for them it is not a matter of choice, rather a choice of life or death!
The African continent presently has 600 million people under the age of 25 with 72 percent of this youth living on less than US$2 per day according to the Mastercard Research Foundation,. These young people need to find a way to live, they need a solution to having nothing and so they are forced to become entrepreneurs with very little funding, expertise or relationships to leverage.
African's are looking for respect and opportunities, but how can they succeed in general if they not only have nothing to start with, but no education and mentors to guide their new endeavors?
Some of us starting a business, do so for social reasons, as a means to create new exciting opportunities through projects, products and employment. But sometimes those entrepreneurs are merely trying to survive. They have very little training and knowledge and expertise to ensure success, but for them it is not a matter of choice, rather a choice of life or death!
The African continent presently has 600 million people under the age of 25 with 72 percent of this youth living on less than US$2 per day according to the Mastercard Research Foundation,. These young people need to find a way to live, they need a solution to having nothing and so they are forced to become entrepreneurs with very little funding, expertise or relationships to leverage.
African's are looking for respect and opportunities, but how can they succeed in general if they not only have nothing to start with, but no education and mentors to guide their new endeavors?
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