How Students from Africa (and Elsewhere) Are Helping Create the Economy of the Future

C.C. Sullivan
6 min readMar 9, 2021

Covid. Climate. Injustice. Waste. Disparity. Hunger. Poverty. So much is at critical mass in the world that there’s no choice but to address multiple interconnected global issues simultaneously.

I’m inspired by Wege Prize, the international student design competition launched eight years ago to create solutions to today’s “wicked problems.” Turns out, this prize is an agent of change for these lofty ambitions.

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C.C. Sullivan

Chris works in communications for design, culture and business. Previously editor at Architecture and BD+C, and intern with architects in New York and Madrid.