Magatte Wade

A U.S.-based entrepreneur who manufactures products in Senegal that are sold at US Whole Foods Markets. She serves as the Director of the Center for African Prosperity of the Atlas Network, and is an advocate of entrepreneurship and economic freedom in Africa. She seeks to empower Africans to become prosperous innovators. Magatte has spoken at the U.N., Aspen Institute, Clinton Global Initiative, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Wharton, UC-Berkeley, and more. Forbes named her one of the “Twenty Young Power Women of Africa.” She is working on developing new zones in Africa that create jobs and broad-based prosperity.