Obama: 'Africa is on the move'

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President Obama encouraged entrepreneurs gathered in Kenya on Saturday to start projects that stimulate Africa's economy, The Washington Post reports.

"Africa is on the move," he said at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Entrepreneurship is "the spark of prosperity. It helps people stand up for their rights and push back against corruption."

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.