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We make banana wine, banana crisps, banana cloth. So we use the entire banana as a form of industry. Each day we make the banana flour. We eat everything in a banana. We are a country of bananas and some of us have bananas. Jamila Abass, Kenya. She is the software developer and founder of M-Farm , which helps farmers move into commercial farming through mobile technology.
You can walk to a stranger's house and you will just be welcomed with food and you feel like you're part of that family already. So that's one beautiful thing that I love about my country and I miss it when I go.
Karan Chopra, Indian but grew up in Ghana. But what we do have is the most hospitable people in the world so we are, I would argue and I'm biased, the most peace-loving and fun-loving people that I've ever met. ElsaMarie D'Silva, India.
She is the co-founder of Safecity , an online platform that tracks reports of sexual abuse and harassment. Many people speak English, so I think you would really love to explore our country and not feel intimidated by being in a country that is alien. Misan Rewane, Nigeria. I think what would surprise most Americans about Nigeria is how similar the entrepreneurial spirit is to America. How similar the optimism, the defiance of norms and authority is.
And that can-do attitude is admired by other Africans when they think about Nigerians. Lebo Moletsane, South Africa.
She is a professor of rural education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and writes about gender inequities and poverty alleviation in rural areas. Is that surprising?
Yes, we are running out of water. Even though we are surrounded by water, actually.
Rubayat Khan, Bangladesh. He's a social entrepreneur, data scientist and the co-founder of mPower , which explores tech solutions to development needs. Some of the biggest things that you know now about microfinance were actually born in Bangladesh.
We have a Nobel Peace Prize winner [ Muhammad Yunus] who kind of kickstarted that entire process and now it's global. We're doing stuff that could eventually really solve global problems.
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