REA-Bridge Webinar:

In the framework of REA-Bridge, ANIMA Investment Network hosted a webinar about "Entrepreneurship as a driver of growth and social transformation in Africa"" on December 9th, 2021.

Africa is growing at around 5%, compared to 3.5% for the rest of the world, according to the IMF, and has many economic advantages - being the richest in raw materials (oil, minerals, agricultural products) and home to the youngest population. However, the continent is also undergoing rapid changes and faces new challenges; while one billion people currently live on the continent, that is to say 1 in 7 human beings, there will be 1 in 5 by 2050; climate change will have a major impact on the region; the opening of financial markets on the continent and the improvement of internet access through submarine cables are all changes that will impact Africa's place in the world.

In this context, entrepreneurship can play a major role in African growth and social transformation. While many barriers to entrepreneurship remain - lack of institutions and legal frameworks for entrepreneurship, rigidities of economic and political landscapes, barriers to trade and travel difficulties between African countries; many solutions are developing - establishment of "Start-ups Acts" (Tunisia, South Africa), multiplication and professionalization of intermediaries likely to accompany African entrepreneurs (incubators, gas pedals, business angels, investment funds), return of the diaspora and building bridges between global ecosystems...

- 00:00 Introduction by Raphaële Cohen, Head of Innovation, ANIMA Investment Network
- 15:13 Hélène Guéhenneuc, Freelance consultant, founder and director, MAHNA (Burkina Faso)
- 22:51Q&A
- 23:27 David Cheboryot, Manager East Africa, E4Impact Foundation (Kenya)
- 35:23 Q&A
- 38:24 Mathieu Bécue, Innovation and Digital Economy Cooperation Attaché, French Embassy in Sénégal
- 48:31 Q&A
- 01:07:46 Conclusion

ANIMA organises regular experience-sharing webinars and you will find the agenda on https://anima.coop/en/

To find out more about the REA-Bridge project and the agenda of events, please visit: https://rea-bridgeafrica.wikiflow.io/en

ANIMA Investment Network is a platform for economic cooperation between Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It deploys its engineering to create and implement initiatives to develop investment and business ecosystems favouring an attractive, sustainable and inclusive economy.

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