Dina Sherif

Dina Sherif, executive director of The MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship said the team was in Nigeria in support of the Foundry Fellowship program, which has helped to entrench the spirit of entrepreneurship across the continent. Sherif underscored the significance of collaboration among African startups, noting that Nigeria is a leading country, as evidenced in the progress recorded by startups across the continent.

Dina Sherif, executive director of the MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship, and co-author wrote: "Today, policymakers, academics and business leaders alike recognize that 20th-century growth models are no match for 21st-century challenges. If we continue chasing GDP while ignoring human development, the future risks becoming one of high output but low well-being. However, if we recalibrate and work on putting people, equity, innovation and sustainability at the core, we can enter a new era of prosperity."