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Africa Leads the World in Entrepreneurial Intent

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20 percent of poll responses indicate that residents of Africa plan to start a business
May 1, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

A March 2012 Gallup poll of adults in 98 countries found that the highest percentage of people planning to start a business in the next 12 months are residents of sub-Saharan Africa. The next highest percentage was the Middle East and North Africa, followed by Asia. Out of the total number of countries surveyed, the average intent to start a business was eight percent.

 

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Michelle Court is the managing editor at The New York Enterprise Report. She can be reached at mcourt@nyreport.com.