Publisher's Message

Ricky Muloweni

“Fight the good fi ght of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”

1 Timothy 6:12 NIV

THE ONGOING PANDEMIC HAS

continued to decapitate the small business community in Africa. Our culture and ability to adapt to this challenge should not be embraced but be taken as a call to action.

The combination of the pandemic with the employment challenges already posed by Africa’s rapid demographic growth, and its lack of social safety nets, is a recipe for economic disaster in many parts of Africa especially the rural towns.

African Village Market, United Republic of Tanzania Pinterest

It is much clearer now to say an economy for the top did not help the bottom whatsoever. Going forward we will all need to explore better avenues to build an economy for small businesses; one that builds and will always sustain them in times of pandemics.

The African people are very talented and have the resource base to be anything they want to be. During this period, great minds have to come together to mobilize required capital to drive this generation of Africans to the economic transformation that is needed.

Ricky Muloweni Publisher/President dawn@africabusinessassociation.org aba@africabisinessassociation.org www.africabusinessassociation.org