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The first time I had to present my work to Directors of different African Nations was during my internship at the African Union, which was around 2012. Mind you, back then, I already had multiple failed and successful businesses, and so I used to think I knew enough to present a result-based approach. But once I learned the color of my hand was an issue to represent Africa fully, I realized there is a considerable gap between fact and reality. The fact is - I am African. But the reality is that my skin tone does not represent the entire continent.