📖 Biography

Sangu Delle was born in 1987 in Ghana and pursued his education at Harvard University, completing a joint degree at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, building an academic foundation that would underpin his later career spanning entrepreneurship, investment and advocacy.

Delle founded Golden Palm Investments, a private investment firm focused on identifying and scaling promising businesses across Africa, with a particular focus on healthcare, technology and consumer sectors, reflecting his broader conviction that African-led capital should drive African development.

Delle co-founded CarePoint, formerly known as Clinique Africa, a chain of community clinics designed to expand access to quality, affordable healthcare across West Africa, addressing critical gaps in healthcare infrastructure through a scalable, business-driven model.

In 2016 Delle published his widely discussed book, Making Africa Work: A Handbook, co-authored with former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and others, outlining a pragmatic vision for African economic transformation driven by entrepreneurship, institutional reform and homegrown capital.

Delle has been recognised internationally as one of Africa's most promising young business leaders, named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 and the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders programme, and continues to champion African-led solutions to the continent's healthcare and economic development challenges.

🕰️ Timeline
1987
Born in Ghana.
Harvard
Completes a joint degree at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School.
2010s
Founds Golden Palm Investments, focused on African healthcare and technology.
2010s
Co-founds CarePoint, expanding access to community healthcare across West Africa.
2016
Publishes Making Africa Work: A Handbook, co-authored with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
✦ Achievements
  • ◆Founded Golden Palm Investments, a pan-African investment firm
  • ◆Co-founded CarePoint, expanding community healthcare access across West Africa
  • ◆Co-authored Making Africa Work: A Handbook with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • ◆Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30
  • ◆World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
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Making Africa Work: A Handbook for Economic Success.
Title of Sangu Delle's influential 2016 book
🕊️ Legacy
Sangu Delle's founding of Golden Palm Investments and CarePoint reflects a deliberate strategy of using African-led capital and entrepreneurship to address the continent's healthcare gaps, while his widely discussed book Making Africa Work helped shape broader conversations about African-driven economic transformation.
💡 Leadership Lessons
  • →Elite education can be redirected toward homegrown development. Delle channelled his Harvard training directly into building African-owned healthcare and investment institutions rather than pursuing opportunities abroad.
  • →Healthcare access can be expanded through scalable business models. CarePoint's community clinic model demonstrated how entrepreneurship could address critical gaps in African healthcare infrastructure.