The world we live is passing through a tumultuous period. Since the pandemic caused by Covid-19 started, we have witnessed stock market downward pull, social distancing, and shut down of businesses worldwide.
Africa has been hit hard because of her traditional way of doing business and reliance on a few commodities. Furthermore, low internet speeds or non-existent internet have made most Africans depend on physical modes of doing business. Meanwhile, security lapse, unrest, income inequality, and other challenges continue to breed anger, fear, and anxiety for many.
These challenges may look overwhelming, but we have no reason to lose our hope for a better future for Africa. History has it that entrepreneurs are often the ones at the forefront of solving the world’s biggest challenges.
With the resources and technology available, smart entrepreneurs have a better chance than before to create solutions to the nagging problems holding Africa bounds. How can these men and women solve this challenge?
Increased International Collaboration
The world is a global village interconnected by telecommunication and the internet. Improved globalization has developed better collaborative opportunities for entrepreneurs in Africa. They have access to amazing resources that can address our major challenges.
Global collaborations help African entrepreneurs to receive resources and support from others that was impossible before. When these entrepreneurs leverage what they have received or can receive, they come up with their products that can solve many common problems in Africa.
Things as simple as the development of a mobile app can improve scalability, redundancy, and flexibility of Africans solving problems in Africa. The real time data collection, efficient production of energy, remote access can help in handling problems as the world recovers from covid-19 aftermath.
Entrepreneurs can discover ways of unlocking incredible innovations. Most of the new technologies have made it simpler for Africans to innovate amazing products and services. They can cut costs and reduce manual solving of mundane tasks with automated strategies.
The Social Impact
A huge number of Africans literally live in the social media platforms. There is no better place to find more people clustered together than social media. To positively impact Africa with amazing products or services, smart entrepreneurs are using social media platforms to meet their target audience.
A Problem-Solving Mindset
The opportunities and resources available for entrepreneurs in Africa can help solve some of her biggest problems. However, the mindset that some of these entrepreneurs possess are problem solving. They are ready to find new ways they can solve the common man’s problem in Africa.
The unique mindset that these people possess has made it possible for Africa to solve some of her challenges over the years. Some of African successful entrepreneurs push themselves to stay open-mined and solve problems without stigmas and tendencies.
These unconventional thinkers have one goal in mind, to ensure that people have better ways of living their lives. They are not constrained by the limitations existing in a typical African setting. They find fresh techniques and ideas to make things better.
Smart entrepreneurs will help Africa solve her many problems. It wouldn’t take forever to solve these challenges. With time, we will see these changes take place.