Will Bain

Have you got hope then for the pathway for entrepreneurs where you are?

Mary, why don't you start us off with that?

Are you an optimist about this as a pathway for people?

You sound cautious about that.

Is that the key, Angela, taking it one bit, sticking to what you know you're good at and reminding yourself that you've done really well, that you've got a great idea and sort of telling yourself you've got a good idea when it gets to those sticky bits, those difficult bits?

Angela Nawateme there, the founder of Ant Porridge and the chief executive of Forna Health Foods in Kampala, Uganda.

You also heard from Mary Niambura, the founder and chief executive of the Kenyan renewable fuel business Echo Charge Limited and the fashion designer Sapatu Sek, Senegalese founder of Soraya.

That's just about it from us today.

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