For a long time in Africa, the youth with innovative minds and energy to turn their ideas into reality have had a hard time meeting investors due to a lack of relevant exposure. African Governments have tried to come up with youth programs with a direct impact on young entrepreneurs with concepts that could turn early investors into multi-millionaires, empowering the African youth in the process. The fact that young people cannot easily access resources or partnerships from the government, private institutions, or international entities to easily kick-start their business ideas or find ways to turn their ideas into businesses brought up the need for this book.
As a youth entrepreneur who has faced this challenge, it has become obvious to me that relevantly exposing the innovative young people on the continent to authentic, honest businessmen globally could easily lead to the end of easy exploitation of the African youth and African natural resources and end the influx of illegal immigrants into other continents. As long as the youth are not empowered, they will always be available for politicians and public policymakers to misuse for their continuous selfish political gain.
The purpose of this book, therefore, is really simple: to provide the relevant exposure that the youth of Africa need to start their business ventures, connecting the ventures to the right people globally. Directing foreign investors to the relevant African youth to forge authentic business partnerships that should transform the African continent into thriving economies. This is meant to empower both the youth and the potential investor, ending the influx of illegal immigrants into other continents and ending the brain drain.
