In China, Ma Yun created Alibaba and Alipay, which facilitated many people's lives, so he is also deeply loved by everyone. As long as there is Ma Yun, he must be the protagonist, so it is understandable that he is so popular in China. After all, his popularity is there, and he is still the richest man. But why is Ma Yun so popular in this vast land of Africa?
Ma Yun retired earlier than most entrepreneurs. For example, Ren Zhengfei was still working hard in his seventies, while Ma Yun, who was only 55 years old, was supposed to be working hard for his career, but announced his retirement. In Ma Yun's own words, Alibaba is just one of his many dreams. The world is so good, there are so many opportunities, and he is so lively. How can he be willing to retire and leave so young? Let's meet in other rivers and lakes, the green hills will not change, and the green water will flow forever. See you later, so after retirement, Ma Yun did not stop to rest for the elderly, but went to Africa.
In fact, Ma Yun didn't go to Africa after his retirement. As early as July 2th, 217, Ma Yun started his first trip to Africa as a special adviser on youth entrepreneurship and small businesses of UNCTAD. In 217, he did four things when he went to Africa. The first thing was to jointly set up a training program with UNCTAD and invite 2 young African entrepreneurs to study e-commerce in Hangzhou Park in Ali. The second thing is to cooperate with African universities and governments to establish a training plan, which will focus on e-commerce, AI, big data and cloud computing; The third is to set up a reserve patrol reward fund, which will reward 5 wildlife patrol members every year; Fourth, from his personal fund, he invested $1 million to set up an African Youth Entrepreneurship Fund to support young entrepreneurs in Africa. Of course, when he first started, he didn't have so many plans, such as investing $1 million to set up an African youth venture fund. Instead, he went to Africa and saw the energy and enthusiasm of young African entrepreneurs. He was deeply moved and let him see what he looked like when he started his own business, so he set up such a venture fund.
Ma Yun, who retired not long ago, went to Africa non-stop to serve as the judge of the final of the first African Entrepreneurship Competition. This program is somewhat similar to China's previous entrepreneurial program "Win in China", and finally gave a large amount of venture capital from many entrepreneurs through competition. Ma Yun wants to make 1 Alibaba in Africa and cultivate 1 African Ma Yun. In poor Africa, how can it be unpopular for someone to lead them to get rich?
Most people give materials or money directly to help the poor, but it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. Only by letting them find their own way out can they get rich. And doing so just fulfilled Ma Yun's dream of continuing to be a teacher. Since he started his business, he has been drifting away from the profession of a teacher, but Ma Yun still likes to be a teacher in his heart, as can be seen from the Lakeside University he founded, and the way he usually talks on stage in Kan Kan is like being a teacher. He went to Africa to teach young people in Africa how to start a business, which just fulfilled Ma Yun's dream of being a teacher.
Besides being liked by these young people in Africa, Ma Yun is also well received by the local government. Togolese President Foley invited Ma Yun to visit Lomé, the capital of Togo, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi personally served as his driver. The main reason is that Ma Yun is different from other entrepreneurs. Previous entrepreneurs only came to Africa to look for business opportunities to make money, while Ma Yun represents the image of a new generation of China entrepreneurs. He brought environmental protection and venture capital. Stimulate Africa's endogenous motivation, cultivate local entrepreneurs, and give money only for blood transfusion. Ma Yun's practice is to let them make blood by themselves. This is a belief, so this is why Ma Yun's trip to Africa is so popular. Of course, "being close to people by 1 million" is also on the one hand. If there is no money, how can those Africans be close to you? Suddenly, I found that Ma Yun really might "dislike" money, and money might really be enough for him.