Magatte Wade

Magatte Wade is passionate about creating jobs and prosperity in Africa through entrepreneurship and economic freedom. She was born in Senegal, educated in France, and launched her entrepreneurial career in San Francisco. She is fluent in and conducts business in Wolof, French and English. Magatte’s current product line, manufactured in Senegal, is Skin is Skin, a lip balm dedicated to reducing racial discrimination. Her previous companies, Tiossan and Adina, brought Senegalese recipes and ingredients to U.S. markets in skin care and beverages. Magatte is a widely sought speaker on issues related to economic freedom and Africa, having spoken at Harvard, MIT, Yale, Columbia, UC Berkeley, Cornell, and dozens of other colleges. She has written for the HuffPo, The Guardian (UK), and Barron’s.