GEW2021: What Makes Entrepreneurship in Africa Unique?
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week #GEW2021, HEC Paris Africa Days and the HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center have organized a round table to discuss the specificities of entrepreneurship on the African continent.
What makes entrepreneurship in Africa Unique? A Roundtable Debate between entrepreneurs, business school students and academics.
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week #GEW2021, HEC Paris Africa Days and the HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center have organized a round table to discuss the specificities of entrepreneurship on the African continent.
Panelists:
- Pacôme Ezan, co-director Financial Control Structured Finance at Crédit Agricole, "Angel investor”, founder of Afrisquare Invest.
- Graziella Kiragu, student, HEC-X Master in Entrepreneurship
- Albert Mensah, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Management Control at HEC Paris, CEO of Codabot Ghana
- Ginika Okafor-Obamuroh, HEC Paris MBA candidate, founder of Yili Footwear
Joining the panel from Abidjan:
- Steven Bedi, Founder & CEO at PANELYS, President of #Ci20
- Yaya Koné, Co-founder & CEO of COLIBA., Côte d’Ivoire
Moderated by Daniel Brown, journalist & chief editor at HEC Paris.
Chapters :
I/ Understanding Entrepreneurship in the African continent (12:32:00)
II/ Creating your business in Africa (32:15:00)
III/ What makes Entrepreneurship in Africa unique (50:00:00)
IV/ What role should business play to catalyze entrepreneurship in Africa? (1:01:00)
Based on an idea by Emma Cochrane, Head of Strategic Projects, HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
Special thanks are extended to:
The team of Morpho Production and Laurin Asin, co-founder of Marram (production and post-production)
The HEC Paris team (coordination): Gabriella Mazzini (International Department), Alexis JOHN AHYEE (West & Central Africa Office), Carole Lahbabi (HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center).
