Throughout West Africa, there is a low enterprising community, especially in the small and medium enterprise space. Young people have little training, confidence, or examples of how to change this reality.Karim Sy launched Jokkolabs, online and offline co-working spaces for young African entrepreneurs. Laurent Liautaud, a Jokkoworker, has decided to focus on creating an eCommerce service whose mission is to help members of the Senegalese diaspora better support their families back home. Laurent is currently being helped in building out his platform by fellow Jokkoworkers, André Ndiaye and Massamba Gaye, two recent graphic design graduates who were mentored by Jokkolabs staff and members into rejecting the idea of looking for a job, and instead opt into launching their own graphic design company, Biz’art.
