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Laura McPherson is an assistant professor of linguistics at Dartmouth College, a specialist in West African indigenous languages and a Public Voices Fellow.

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Greater Recognition of Africa’s Invisible Female Entrepreneurs Needed

By: Laura McPherson | May 4, 2017

Recently Google and Forbes both recognized African female entrepreneurs, highlighting the continent’s entrepreneurial energy. This publicity is a welcome alternative to Westerners’ dominant image of Africans as dependent people in misery.

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