Building a big, bold, beautiful market | Eleni Gabre-Madhin
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Eleni describes building a big, bold, beautiful market for a billion people in Africa. This market would improve the livelihoods of millions of small farmers and traders.
She has done this successfully in Ethiopia and is started to branch out across Africa. She believes this idea will help end poverty in Africa.Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin is co-founder and chief executive of eleniLLC, a newly formed company with equity investments by MorganStanley, IFC, and 8 Miles Fund, that is positioned to be the industryleader in designing, building, and supporting the operationsof commodity exchange eco-systems in frontier markets.
Thecompany’s business model is to deliver exchange turnkey projectson a Private-Public Partnership (PPP) basis. Eleni Gabre-Madhinis founder and former CEO of the highly acclaimed EthiopiaCommodity Exchange (ECX), which she founded and managedfrom 2008 to late 2012, successfully trading $1.2 billion annuallyafter 3 years of operation.
A globally recognized thought leader onagricultural commodity markets and African development, she hasheld prior roles at the World Bank, the International Food PolicyResearch Institute in Washington, and UNCTAD in Geneva. Elenihas been named among the 125 Global Women of Impact byNewsweek in April 2013, among 100 Most Influential Africans byNew African in 2012, and received the prestigious Yara Prize forAgricultural Transformation in Africa and the African Banker IconAward, both in 2012.About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.
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