The Best Advice President Obama gave to African Diaspora

"If you look at where the greatest opportunities are, they're actually now in emerging markets. There are countries in Africa that are growing 7, 8, 9 percent a year.  So if you're an entrepreneur now with an idea, you may be able to grow faster and achieve more back home that you could here. Now, it entails greater risk, so it may be safer to emigrate.  But it may be that you can actually achieve more, more quickly back home.  And so the question is for young leaders like yourselves, where do you want to have the most impact?  And you're probably going to have more impact at home whether you're a businessman or woman, or you are a doctor or you are an attorney, or you are an organizer. That's probably going to be the place where you can make the biggest change"

 

 

"And being a partner means that we can be there by your side, but we can't do it for you"

 

 

Excerpt from transcript of Remarks by the President at Town Hall with Young African Leader http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-town-hall-with-young-african-leaders