Iremember attending a talk given by Clem Sunter, the exceptional scenario planner, futurologist and author, during which he spoke about various scenarios facing South Africa.
One specific statement he made stuck with me. He said, and I paraphrase: “For South Africa to revive and strengthen its economy, a million entrepreneurs are needed to create the five million jobs that the politicians are talking about.”
Following the global pandemic, this statement is true, now more than ever.
Governments’ responses to Covid-19 hit economies around the world hard as whole industries (and
