I come to Africa to share the entrepreneurial dream not to sell Chinese products: Jack Ma
Alibaba’s founder and executive chairman, Jack Ma on his first trip to Africa met with a group of young entrepreneurs at Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday.
The 52-year-old in his capacity as special advisor for youth entrepreneurship and small businesses to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was welcomed by UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi, where he addressed a group of entrepreneurs on the “The role of small businesses in global trade.”
Some of Jack Ma’s quotes from the Session at Nairobi’s Nailab were:
"Opportunities are always found where people complain" Jack Ma #JackMaInKenya #JackMawithUNCTAD pic.twitter.com/pkA0lB1tMc
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"Being an entrepreneur is not easy, I don't cry, I only make my competitors cry" Jack Ma #JackMaInKenya #JackMawithUNCTAD pic.twitter.com/OEk8DG5rmm
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Internet, e-commerce is the future #JackMaInKenya #JackMawithUNCTAD pic.twitter.com/bnqNESg81C
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"I came here (Africa) to share the entrepreneurial dream not to sell Chinese products"-Jack Ma #JackMaInKenya #JackMawithUNCTAD pic.twitter.com/ynhi6ohTeK
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Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Mukhisa Kituyi address entrepreneurs at Nailab #JackMaInKenya #JackMawithUNCTAD pic.twitter.com/XFNmsxljUW
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Jack Ma is Asia’s richest man with a fortune of nearly $30 billion. In his company was special delegation of Chinese billionaires.
While addressing the young entrepreneurs at Nailab, Jack Ma said that he was in Africa to support entrepreneurs.
“Supporting entrepreneurs is my dream because I know how tough it is to be one.” – Jack Ma
Alibaba ‘s IPO in New York in 2014 set a record as the world’s biggest public stock offering.
Mr. Ma made headlines at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January, when he told CNBC that America has no one to blame but itself for its economic issues.
Mr. Ma will proceed to Rwanda where he will attend the Youth Connekt Africa Summit where UNCTAD is partnering with the Government of Rwanda to champion youth technology entrepreneurship.
The event will bring together more than 1,500 participants from government, entrepreneurial and investor communities, multinationals, and startups shaping the African technological ecosystem, this according to UNCTAD.
