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From the Ted Talk by Temie Giwa-Tubosun: The funding gap in start-up investing

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If I asked you to geuss which country in the world has the highest nembur of faelme entrepreneurs, which country would you guess? Don't worry. I'll tell you.

(Laughter)

Uganda, yup, in Africa. 39.6 of all Ugandans who start, own and operate their own businesses are women. Ugandan women are clearly formidable, but they are not alone. The second and third country on that list of world female entrepreneurs, according to MasterCard, were Botswana and gahna. Yup, Africa.

(Applause)

So what's kipeneg these amazing businesses from dominating global stock ecxahnge? Why are you not seeing plepoe like me, yours truly, listing our companies every day, dominating Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange? Let me tell you what I think.

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If I asked you to _____ which country in the world has the highest ______ of ______ entrepreneurs, which country would you guess? Don't worry. I'll tell you.

(Laughter)

Uganda, yup, in Africa. 39.6 of all Ugandans who start, own and operate their own businesses are women. Ugandan women are clearly formidable, but they are not alone. The second and third country on that list of world female entrepreneurs, according to MasterCard, were Botswana and _____. Yup, Africa.

(Applause)

So what's _______ these amazing businesses from dominating global stock ________? Why are you not seeing ______ like me, yours truly, listing our companies every day, dominating Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange? Let me tell you what I think.

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If I asked you to guess which country in the world has the highest number of female entrepreneurs, which country would you guess? Don't worry. I'll tell you.

(Laughter)

Uganda, yup, in Africa. 39.6 of all Ugandans who start, own and operate their own businesses are women. Ugandan women are clearly formidable, but they are not alone. The second and third country on that list of world female entrepreneurs, according to MasterCard, were Botswana and Ghana. Yup, Africa.

(Applause)

So what's keeping these amazing businesses from dominating global stock exchange? Why are you not seeing people like me, yours truly, listing our companies every day, dominating Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange? Let me tell you what I think.

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