- SDG 14 is ‘Life Below Water :Plastic pollution. Increasing levels of debris in the world’s oceans are having a major environmental and economic impact. Marine debris impacts biodiversity through entanglement or ingestion
- SDG 14 is ‘Life Below Water :Coastal waters are deteriorating due to pollution and eutrophication. Without concerted efforts, coastal eutrophication is expected to increase in 20 percent of large marine ecosystems by 2050.
- SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Ocean acidification has increased significantly in recent decades. Open Ocean sites show current levels of acidity have increased by 26 per cent since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
- SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Oceans absorb about 30 per cent of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming.
- SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Oceans provide key natural resources including food, medicines, biofuels and other products. They help with the breakdown and removal of waste and pollution, and their coastal ecosystems act as buf
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Widely acknowledged as Africa's youngest billionaire, Ashish was appointed a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012, and was included in Fortune magazine's list of Top 40 under 40 in 2013 for his business achievements. Here is his motivational journey of life.
Ashish Thakkar was born to Gujarati parents in Leicester, UK in 1981. His parents were children of Indian migrants, and ran their own business in Uganda. However, in 1972, Ashish’s parents had to leave the country and settle in the UK when Aashish turned 12, his parents decided to shift back to Africa, to Rwanda. However, in 1994, settle back in Uganda. Life had come to a full circle and the family had to start again from scratch. Around this time, Ashish sold his own computer, at a $100 profit. He learned the trading techniques at the age of 15 and he launched the Mara Group. Ashish soon left school and dedicated himself completely into his newly started business and engaged in visiting Dubai for imports of computer parts.
Ashish met more businessmen operating on the Dubai-Uganda trade route that struggled with credits and were finding it difficult to expand. He took the risk of lending money to these businesses and also expanded his own business into real estate, agriculture, manufacturing, and IT services over the next 10 years.
Mara Group currently operates across 25 African countries and three continents. With local expertise, the company partners with other foreign companies, and helps them expand business in Africa.
Prerna Papneja