Ma, who serves as UNCTAD’s Special Adviser for Youth Entrepreneurship and Small Business, landed in Nairobi before continuing on to the Rwandan capital of Kigali. He met with members of the public and private sectors to explore ways to bring young business owners in Africa into the larger global economy. Firstly, Ma said he would support domestic and cross-border e-commerce in Africa as a means of economic development. Third, Ma added to a previous announcement aimed at promoting conservation in Africa by saying he would establish a conservation award for rangers working in African parks. Finally, Ma announced that he personally would donate US$10 million (Bt335 million) from the Jack Ma Foundation to an African young entrepreneurs development fund “to help them realise their dreams and ideas”.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 25, 2017 11:48 UTC