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Just stumbled on this cool and thoughtful review by David Karl at the World Affairs Blog Network's India page, which calls YWR "the most contrarian of books" for daring to downplay the threat of China and promote the promise of India.
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A very fair and complete representation of the book and my social/political orientation from the country's premier Libertarian journal.
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Last month I was interviewed by Investor's Business Daily on Young World Rising themes. Looks like the story is up.
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" US Book Lauds CDO IT Firm" from the Mindanao (Philippines) Gold Star Daily News, casts a spotlight on the great efforts of LetITHelp to train young graduates of IT technical schools into world-class developers. Thanks to Rene Michael Banos for the link.
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"How can you write about the future of emerging economies without talking about China?" asked one of my reviewers. I was sending around an early draft of the manuscript for my new book,Young World Rising. After all, the reviewer reasoned, everyone knows that China and India are the conjoined siblings of the developing world: two giants pursuing contrasting strategies to lift their billions out of poverty. And they're a partner act. Splitting them up would be like booking Abbot without Costello. InYoung World Rising, I look at development through the lens of demographics: particularly, the unique relationship between youth, technology adoption and willingness to take entrepreneurial risk. In a global economy based on knowledge, innovation and the ability to adapt quickly to new conditions, countries with a young center of gravity to their workforce will enjoy a significant competitive advantage as the old centers of the 20th century economy get grayer, slower and more conservative in their outlook toward risk and change. Read more at Forbes.com
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I was recently asked to become an "expert blogger" for Fast Company, IMO the best business publication in the US for trends and big topics. My first post for them is here.
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With the increasing speed of IT
innovation, it's become commonplace to remark on the "leapfrog effect,"
where lagging adopters of new technology end up gaining an advantage
over the first movers because the technology is so much better by the
time they finally invest. This is especially true in emerging economies
throughout Africa, which lacked the resources to implement succeeding
generations of landline communication systems, only to vault ahead in
the age of wireless mobility. This leapfrog
effect is not limited to technology; it also applies to management
thinking and organizational structure. Businesses that have been around
for 50 or 100 years may have many advantages as a result of their
experience, scale and culture, but they also have a much harder time
adapting to change. Today, when change is the defining characteristic of
the global economy, it is far more advantageous in certain respects to
appear on the scene brand-new, with no legacy and no preconceptions,
than to be burdened with having to constantly overhaul aging
infrastructure and rethink aging ideas. Read the rest of my guest post at Afrinnovator.
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The Internet has empowered a global generation of young people to create new kinds of companies and new ways of doing business. It’s also creating stronger ties between developed and emerging economies, and a whole new set of challenges for businesses of all sizes. This combination of technology, globalization, and entrepreneurial energy is especially powerful in parts of the world where the population is concentrated in the younger demographics or what I call the “Young World.” What does this mean for small businesses? It means there will be new competition; but it also means new partners to help reach new markets, fresh ideas and approaches to inspire innovation, and motivated and talented young people to fill gaps in aging organization. Here are some strategies for engaging the rising potential of the youthful emerging markets, such as India, South Africa, Brazil, Philippines, Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia, and Vietnam to help lift your business above the competition. Read more at New York Enterprise Report.
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"Our engineers will not lead by being repairmen," said TED Fellow and social entrepreneur Dr. Ndubuisi "ND" Ekekwe. Ekekwe believes that Africa has the potential to be a leading innovator in the next wave of electronics design, in 21st century industries like nanotechnology and robotics. But to do so, Africa must reinvent the way it educates electrical engineers, software developers, and technology professionals across the continent.  Ekekwe knows a thing or two about electrical engineering and education. At age 36, he holds four masters degrees (two from African universities and two from institutions in the US) and two doctorates, the most recent of which he earned from Johns Hopkins University. He has held the title of Banking Executive with Diamond Bank, Plc in Lagos, Nigeria, and runs a non-profit social enterprise, the African Institution of Technology. An inventor, author, educator, and advocate, Ekekwe was invited to deliver a TED Talk at the organization's prestigious gathering of big thinkers in Long Beach last February.
Ekekwe's experiences in both the African and American engineering education systems opened his eyes to the barriers that the Continent's universities must overcome if they are to prepare the next generation to lead in the high-tech industry, not just make a living. Read the rest at Africa Unbound.
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