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For Ibrahim, struggle represented enormous potential.



  • Because we have the equation backwards.
  • And societies develop through investments in innovation.
  • The more I started to see things differently.


    • “Notice that Ibrahim did not say How will millions of Africans, for whom three meals a day is often a luxury, afford a mobile phone? or How can you justify the investments in infrastructure for a market that does not exist? He focused on the struggle to accomplish something important for which there were few good solutions. For Ibrahim, struggle represented enormous potential.”

    So, see things differently.

    CONNECT . INFORM . INSPIRE

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