Dusek: Agriculture remains the largest employment sector across Africa
Sarah Dusek · Momentum Series: Championing South Africa's Female Founders with Sarah Dusek of Enygma Ventures · Nov 27, 2025 · at 15:56
Sarah Dusek, co-founder of Enygma Ventures, discusses employment demographics and workforce dynamics across Africa.
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“We do know that across the continent that the largest sector of society is still employed in agriculture. So agriculture is still sort of the largest sector. Aggregate of what people do for work.”
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