Africa: How Social Entrepreneurs Tap Africa's Greatest Resource

20 December 2012

Young, bright, a qualified actuary and self-described "hardened capitalist", Taddy Blecher had accepted an offer from US consultancy Monitor, packed his bags and was prepared to emigrate -- when he changed his mind.

It was 1995, and Mr Blecher's native South Africa was in the first year of its fledgling democracy under Nelson Mandela, free at last from the scourge of apartheid. Looking around him, Mr Blecher saw "aching poverty but also the greatest and most valuable resource: human potential".

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