Interview with Phyllis Johnson on entrepreneurship, coffee, and empowering women in Africa

In my interview with Phyllis Johnson after her talk at Rockford College, Ms. Johnson and I discussed her entrepreneurial career as well as the challenges faced by coffee farmers in Africa–most of them low-paid women with little-to-no business education and who, in many cases, are not allowed to own farmland due to cultural, religious, or legal barriers. Without property rights, business education, and equal status, women face an uphill battle out of economic poverty.

My nineteen-minute follow up interview with Ms. Johnson after her talk is below:

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Part 2:

Cross-posted at the CEE site.

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