We are excited to announce that, the YAFO Institute has won the Prestigious Think TANK Shark Tank Competition at the 2024 Africa Liberty Forum in Dar es Salam, Tanzania organized by Atlas Network, USA.
The Think Tank Shark Tank Competition gave the opportunity to three contestants to pitch their organization’s mission and goals within five minutes and another five minutes to respond to questions before the panel of judges – the sharks. From among Africa’s many illustrious Think Tank CEOs, academics, policy experts, and thought leaders, three outstanding contestants were shortlisted as finalists to compete through innovative project pitch for one ultimate winner.
The three contestants for this year’s Africa Think Tank Shark Tank Competition were Henri Kouam of Cameroon Economic Policy Institute with his project “Allies for Women Property Rights,” Mugenzi Edgard of Resolution Connect in Burundi with his project “MVURA (Heal Me) CAMPAIGN: Empowering healthcare ecosystem in Burundi,” and Nathaniel Dwamena of YAFO Institute in Ghana with his project “Decentralized Business Empowerment.”
Out of these three contestants, the YAFO Institute represented by the President, Nathaniel Dwamena, emerged as the 2024 Think Tank Shark Tank Competition winner.
“We are thankful to God, and the panel of judges – the sharks – for believing in our innovative approaches to solving critical challenges through decentralization and with this award, we will be empowering small business owners to utilize decentralized technology to avoid double taxation, reduce operational cost and be profitable within our local economy in Ghana” Stated by Nathaniel Dwamena, President of the YAFO Institute. This win is a clarion call to reshape the business regulatory environment in Ghana to promote free market enterprise, freedom, and prosperity in Ghana.
The Think Tank Shark Tank competition took place at the annual Africa Liberty Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on July 11-12, 2024, and hosted by Atlas Network, USA, while Liberty Sparks, Tanzania, served as the co-host.
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YAFO Institute is an independent public policy research organization—or think tank— with the core aims to promote libertarian ideas and free enterprise research through public policy debate and advocacy for a free and prosperous society in Ghana. The mission of the YAFO Institute is to educate and connect students, young professionals, and entrepreneurs with global opportunities through free enterprise research and innovative public policy advocacy for a prosperous society.
