Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Development meets
business in Africa
Trade vs Aid
- Liberia
West Africa
- Mass production of shirts + trousers
- Population 4 mil
- 80% have no formal job
- 58.4% of women are illiterate
- Women struggle to get jobs
- NGO's train women
- American social
investers
- Working woman is respected
- In capital women have been trained to run
specialist factories
- Civil war ended in 2003
- 1st in Africa Fair Trade Certificate
- Main exports to USA
- Growing demand for FT items
- PARTNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILTY
- Malawi
East Africa
- Pop 15mil
- 9 wildlife/nature parks
- Tourism 4,000/yr
- Increase profit for locally
produced products
- Neglected for yrs
- African parks took over
- More Business-like
- Infrastructure built
- Local entrepenures
- School fees for orphans
- Pay for training
- Rangers
- Tour guides
- Making things
- Baskets and furniture
- Ghana
West Africa
- Pop 24mil
- 75% have a mobile phone
- Nandi mobile
- 5.3% have access to the internet
- Telecom business
- Contact customer services by text
- Students educated at MEST
- Meltwater Entrepenurial School of Technology
- Investment $30,000 - $500,000
- Best business award
- Kenya
West Africa
- Pop 40 mil
- Low tech method
- Honey production 22tonnes/yr
- 75% labour force in Agg, primary sector
- Farmers retrained
- Honey Care Africa
- Loans from equity bank
- Sustainable business