Starting Up Africa: steps taken to develop healthy entrepreneurial ecosystems across the African continent

While startup cities are just emerging, there are smart and sophisticated steps being taken to develop healthy entrepreneurial ecosystems across the African continent. I take a look at one such collaboration, LIONS@FRICA, that promises to set a new example of how the willing can better help in Africa.Despite substantial global investment over the years in developing Africa’s economies, a general consensus lingers that foreign investment there is not delivering as much as it could. One relatively new effort is making its mark by capitalizing on the tools and energy of tech startups to foster smarter entrepreneurial ecosystems.