Emergency relief saves lives. But what happens after the crisis is over?

In Episode Seven of The World’s Mayor Experience, Joshua T. Berglan speaks from Limbe, Cameroon about the difference between temporary assistance and lasting economic architecture.

Africa is often discussed through what it lacks, yet the continent already possesses extraordinary value through its farmers, land, natural resources, youth, culture, entrepreneurs, knowledge, creativity, and intellectual property.

The larger question is why so much of that value leaves before the people who create it can build lasting economic power from it.

Joshua examines the global supply chain, the difference between production and ownership, the dangers of permanent dependency, and seven principles for moving from aid to architecture: ownership, trans ...