YABs Podcast

In deze speciale editie van de YABs Podcasts, kijken we naar het verouderingsproces in Europa. Nu de gemiddelde leeftijd in België 41 jaar is, is het voor ons een belangrijk onderwerp om te bespreken hoe we omgaan met de ouderen in onze samenleving.
Hoe kunnen we de oudere generatie een betere ervaring bieden tijdens hun dagen van minimale professionele activiteit en pensionering. Hoe waarderen we hun bijdrage, kennis en wijsheid die misschien sluimert? In deze aflevering kijken we naar wat er gebeurt met mensen als ze oud worden in Europa en wat er gebeurt met mensen als ze oud worden in sommige welvarende Afrikaanse landen? Hoe behandelen we onze ouderen? Welke lessen kunnen we van elkaar leren en hoe kunnen we onze relaties met onze verouderende ouders en grootouders verbeteren om hen een welverdiende oude dag te bezorgen?

Deze podcast is ter ondersteuning en ter promotie van het Mooov Festival, een jaarlijkse activiteit van de Stad Sint-Niklaas, en ter ondersteuning van onafhankelijke films die sociale kwesties in de wereld aanpakken en deze naar de grote schermen over de hele wereld brengen.  De podcast haalde inspiratie uit de film ‘PLAN 75’.
De film wordt vertoond op 29/04 om 20u en is te zien in de Sinoscoop in Sint-Niklaas.

Deze podcast wordt u aangeboden door YABs Network en partners.
De podcast zal opgenomen worden in het Nederlands en Engels

This episode discusses the general overview of Africa's Diaspora

entrepreneurship endeavors in Belgium. We will also look at the opportunities

available to the diaspora in their host countries and host

nations. We talk about some of the overlooked or 

blindsight of the African Diaspora. Tino Chibebe is the author of the book “THE BLACK OPPORTUNITY.” 

In this episode, we discuss organizations in Belgium that support African

Diaspora Entrepreneurship. We will also look at the opportunities available to the diaspora in their home and host

countries. We talk about some of the overlooked or blindsight of the African Agriculture landscape. 

Dr. Maureen Duru is the founder of the organization The Food Bridge and is the driving force behind many other initiatives in Belgium and Africa at large. 

In this episode, we discuss Africa's Diaspora entrepreneurship endeavors

within the waste sector/circular economy. We will also look at the

opportunities available to the diaspora when setting up a

company in their home country. And we will do all these through the

eyes of our Guest today. Forkwa Fombong is a research fellow at KU Leuven within the food

sciences and tech department.

In this episode, we discuss diaspora entrepreneurship and zoom into one specific sector, the health

sector. We will do this through the eyes of our Guest today.

Hélène Kadima is Clinical Project Manager at UCB, a leading biopharma company based in

Brussels. She is also the founder of Les Racines de Ndaya, which offers herbal and

natural/phytocosmetic skin care products. 

In this episode, we discuss the research done by Artevelde University on African diaspora entrepreneurs who currently live in Belgium on a partial or full-time basis but with a business activity in their home country. We researched the motivations, challenges, and opportunities these entrepreneurs face in setting up their businesses. We cannot forget that the environment in which these entrepreneurs operate, steering a business overseas from Belgium, entails some very different characteristics than the average entrepreneur. What are the implications of these differences for entrepreneurship, in terms of support needed, for instance? This is what we wanted to find out. Marie Gildemyn and Sarah De Smet are both researchers linked to his project.

What are some of the hard lessons to be learned as young female diaspora entrepreneurs maneuver their way into solving problems on the continent?