another1% hypothesis

another
1% hypothesis.

01

resources, abundant.
access, uneven.

resources aren’t scarce, just concentrated—often away from the communities that helped create them, and now need them most.

02

the future is digital.
but not for everyone.

125+ million SMEs across africa — unlimited skill and creativity, limited to 10% internet penetration. the gap is access.

what could enabling digital enterprise access for +1% of Africa’s SMEs change?

a practical, networked economy rooted in individual freedom and designed to strengthen the places people call home.

explore what digital enterprise access could unlock.

illustrative model · adjust days, hours, and working weeks to explore different scenarios.

1.3Mdigital SMEs
×
$15an hour
=
$36Bpotential annual earnings

keep the power
moving.

91%

for individual
autonomy

agency • mobility • choice
9%

for collective
wellbeing

care • learning • belonging
individual freedom,
shared possibility.

osmosis

a collective
operating system.

“i am because we are.”
personal prosperity circulates into collective possibility.

close to home,
everything changes.

01

free maternal & primary care

02

free digital learning

03

clean water & renewable energy

04

community technology & infrastructure

05

more locally owned enterprises

06

more people living well

theOther
1% hypothesis

the invitation

earn digitally,
globally.
own locally.
build collectively.

economic dignity, redesigned.

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