“…so what we want to do is really unleash the potential of humans to really connect and help. It’s a bit of what we do in Africa – it’s unleashing the potential, the entrepreneurial potential to actually drive solutions, and what we’re giving is this tool that even any random individual can be a solution to local problems.”
 
This episode of the humans at work podcast features a conversation with Emanuele Santi, co-founder and president of Afrilanthropy supporting African entrepreneurs, and Riding the Rainbow, an app connecting refugees and local communities in the sharing, circular economy.
Emanuele and I talk about fear, risk, myth and labelling, and how his work with African entrepreneurs and refugees provides simple tools and channels that unleash human potential for innovation, empathy and local solutions.  We covered the full range of topics in the economic space from macro-economics and the continuing negative impacts of colonisation, to micro-economics and the power of individuals to create local solutions that deliver impact and can scale.
 
Emanuele and I talk about:

The concept of Mal d’Afrique, once you’ve been to Africa you long to go back
Unleashing and supporting potential for local solutions through local innovation
Mindset shifts in philanthropy and sustainable social support
Broken investment and economic systems
Concepts of risk based on your lived experience
Social entrepreneurship and capacity for risk
Changing narratives – Africa as a hotspot for innovation
Macro to micro economic theory
The ongoing impact of colonisation
Myths of global food and energy production
Riding the Rainbow, the app connecting asylum seekers and refugees with local communities
The concept of direct solidarity, breaking down barriers for empathy and connection
How fear drives disconnection
Recycling and circular economy

 
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