A&S - B2.1 - TED- WHY I'S TOO HARD TO START A BUSINESS IN AFRICA - AND HOW TO CHANGE IT

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What is the main obstacle to starting a business in African countries?

  • High taxes (correct)
  • Lack of resources
  • Poor infrastructure
  • Unfavorable climate

What is the author's suggestion to help fight corruption?

  • Increase taxes
  • Increase regulations
  • Advocate for e-government solutions (correct)
  • Increase availability of resources

What does the author urge young people to do?

  • Start a revolution
  • Advocate for e-government solutions
  • Have an outlook in life (correct)
  • Go for a revolution

What is the main goal of the author's businesses?

<p>To fix poverty (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the author's main reason for migrating to Europe?

<p>To escape slavery (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main message of the text?

<p>To simplify the business environment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the author's opinion about the World Bank's Doing Business index?

<p>It is difficult to start a business there (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the author describe as being haunted?

<p>The stories of young people dying at sea (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the author's opinion regarding the government making it easier for small businesses to start and run?

<p>It makes sense (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the author believe will be the result of doing their job?

<p>Human flourishing (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

  • I am a haunted person because of the stories of young people dying at sea, and of my people's culture being dying.
  • I tell everyone I am a haunted person and that haunts me.
  • I am trying to migrate to Europe because that's what it is all about, but I'm being sold as a slave in Libya and have no jobs.
  • I start businesses to fix poverty and these businesses have embedded in them the best of my African culture.
  • African countries are at the bottom of the World Bank's Doing Business index because it is hard to start a business there.
  • I think it would make sense for the government to make it easier for small businesses to start and run, because that is how jobs are created.
  • The author is from Senegal, and they describe the difficulties they and others in their country face when trying to start or run a business.
  • The main obstacles are the high taxes and regulations, as well as the lack of available resources.
  • The author suggests that the main solution to these problems is for countries to simplify their business environments.
  • If people want to fight corruption, they should do so by advocating for e-government solutions.
  • The speaker is speaking to young people and urging them to have an outlook in life and not to go for a revolution if they don't have one.
  • He believes that if we do our job, prosperity, happiness, and human flourishing will be the result.
  • The speaker urges young people to have an outlook in life and to not go for a revolution if they don't have one.

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