Taking African entrepreneurship to the Ivy League circuit
Mar 14, 2012 
Categories: Africa, News
Tags: Austin Okere, Press
Austin Okere, CEO of Computer Warehouse Group, discusses the opportunities that exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and his presentation at the 2011 Legatum Convergence.
by Austin Okere
On June 08, 2011, I received a letter from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship), part of which read; ‘The remarkable success of CWG is a story that inspires entrepreneurs, academics, investors, and policy makers working in emerging countries. We are writing to ask if you would be interested in telling that story at the annual conference of the Legatum Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’.
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