Global Economic Perspectives by 2 Africans: Recent Episodes
Jacob Fohtung
Two Africans-one from Ghana and the other from Cameroon share their vision of Africa and necessary actions required for her to be the next economic engine in the world
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Kevin (co-host and co-founder of 2Africanthinkers.com)- in this episode was the interviewer- in the first episode, I (Jacob) interviewed him about his undergraduate Honor thesis. It is very insightful- please you should check that out.
Jacob's talks about his journey from growing in a health-oriented family in Bamenda, Cameroon. He then decides to study biology in college and later works as a research assistant at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Later on, he decided to switch careers and applied to business school and later on found himself as a consultant for startups in Africa and South East Asia.
If you wish to learn more about Jacob's Journey and his future aspirations, you don't want to miss this episode.
In our first episode, we go through a fascinating paper on the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies co-authored by Kevin Richardson. You don’t want to miss this!