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Christopher is the
founder of The Zig Group
Ltd. and is an engineer,
entrepreneur, and self-
proclaimed tinkerer. He
is relentlessly optimistic
and a big believer in
building highly effective
teams by leading with
empathy, compassion,
and transparency. His
philosophy is “Apologies
are free and more widely
accepted than visa.”

Genesis - A

Paradoxical

Christopher Chileshe- USA Perpetuity

n a continent with no makes a compelling case As such, although I am not
shortage of problems for fair trade practices and in complete agreement that
Obig or small, the real increased globalization, where abolishing aid is the answer,
challenge is where to begin. African nation-states are no Moyo’s point is well taken, and
One can find oneself tackling longer closed off from access in fact, this article agrees and
food shortage, energy crisis, to the world’s markets through aligns to one of her suggested
disease, education, corruption, protectionist policies that have solutions; I’ll explore this later.
and a whole host of issues. long been disadvantageous In short, we can do better to
Many have attempted to to them. (Moyo, 2009) A take on our challenges even if
address these problems many counterargument is that aid, in we were not the originators of
times over. Genesis is a new the form of non-profits, exists those problems.
beginning, unchartered territory, even in the most developed So, when faced with having to
yet also a path well-traveled. of countries. Every country start over yet again, how does
For Africa, Genesis is the tale that has non-profit entities in one approach the seemingly
of embarking on a journey of a sense receives support. We insurmountable challenges
reinventing oneself only to end must realize that the existence without turning to more aid? In
up exactly where you began, and of non-profit organizations is in this article, I want to explore how
in this statement, we discover and of itself the manifestation we break the cycle of starting
paradoxical perpetuity. of a failure of both the market over by embracing technology
In Dead Aid, Zambian and the government to meet and entrepreneurship to
Economist Dambisa Moyo the needs of the country. Non- leapfrog an evolution that many
poignantly argues that aid profits compensate for what’s countries have achieved. I also
has been detrimental to the known in economics as market must clarify that my goal is not
development of Africa. She failure. to dismiss progress already
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