‘Africa on the verge of entrepreneurial boom’

American business mogul, Chris Gardner, says Africa has the potential of becoming the biggest ground for an entrepreneurial boom which could turn many economies on the continent around.

Entrepreneurship has been described as the next drive to transform economies especially in Africa.

According to Chris Gardner, who is in the country to interact with Ghanaian youth, huge investments are being made on the continent and many more will be heading here and the youth need to position themselves to take full advantage.

“50% of all the companies in the 4500, we started in a bad market or recession and the truth of the matter is, the world has changed and I do honestly believe that if you have certain skills, talents and expertise ready, those can be transferrable so why not transfer them into something that you are truly passionate about?

“And not just working for someone else, work for you. The truth of the matter is the money is coming this way so this is the time to be having goods and products to sell. Simple economics, there is nothing magical about it,” he said.

Chris Gardner is the owner and CEO of brokerage firm, Gardner-Rich LLC in the United States. He is in the country for the 6th Amicus Youth Empowerment Summit which starts on Thursday October 6, 2010.—Citifmonline