Self Help Ideas in Ethiopia

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Tom gardner is the economists alis ababa correspondent. He says there's a growing mark for self help ideas in ethiopia. The message is one of individual uplift, but it also has implications for the country as a whole. Tom talks to motivational speakers who offer rags to riches stories which offer hope to frustrated people.

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