Given Africa’s most vulnerable sectors, the YPO community is combatting COVID-19 with tangible solutions to community, health care and business challenges.
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Galen Welsch’s water social franchise Jibu, equips entrepreneurs to run sustainable businesses that meet basic needs.
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As COVID-19 spread across Africa, YPO members in Lagos sprung into action for millions of vulnerable people, building an operational hospital in only weeks.
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South African artists lift spirits during COVID-19 crisis through #TheLockdownCollection.
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A YPO member-led consortium of business leaders are helping to lessen the strained South African economy.
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South African startup Wyzetalk is expanding globally by building trust and focusing on engagement of the non-desk workforce.
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Craig Irvine’s persistence to change lives in Africa by producing affordable protein and growing businesses earned him a Master Class category winner in the annual EY World Entrepreneur Awards 2019.
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Less than half of Africans have access to adequate medical facilities. Dr. Amit Thakker aims to change that.
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YPO’s 2020 Global Pulse Innovation Survey found it is a key matter for business leaders around the world, but there are significant gaps between business leaders’ thoughts and actions.
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Fueled by a passion to help rectify the energy crisis of some 1.1 billion people across the world without access to reliable electricity, Mansoor Hamayun co-founded BBOXX in 2010. It now employs more than 400 people across its markets and has brought reliable, clean #electricity to more than 200,000 homes. Learn more about YPO members making an impact across the globe: https://on.ypo.org/2x47CZ9 Original Video File: https://ypo.app.box.com/file/419225465033
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Eradicating water poverty in Africa became YPO member Sunil Lalvani’s life’s calling after a ride on Ghana’s dirt roads brought him to witness a shocking, but all too common, scene.
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A leader in the “for purpose” business movement, Audette Exel’s commitment to the most vulnerable communities challenges business leaders to extend their reach and mission beyond turning a profit.
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Gender inequality and racial injustice is something Charlotte (Lotte) Davis, founder of One Girl Can and a 2019 YPO Global Impact honoree, feels deeply about. The Co-Founder of AG Hair, her passion project empowers girls through education to break the cycles of poverty and gender inequality.
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Abdur Rahman, YPO member and CEO of Mikka, joins CNBC Africa’s “Power Lunch” to discuss the results of YPO’s latest CEO survey on innovation.
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YPO’s 2019 Global Pulse Innovation Survey confirmed that the majority of global business leaders (57 percent) feel an urgent need to innovate now. Where do they look to find inspiration to innovate? Their customers.
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