Magatte Wade advocates for prosperity in Africa through entrepreneurship, economic freedom, and access to affordable, reliable, and abundant energy. As a Senegalese entrepreneur who has created companies on both continents, she knows firsthand how the absence of economic freedom and energy in Africa prevents African entrepreneurs from building life-saving prosperity. A winner of the Julian Simon Award and immortalized in a Tuttle Twins episode, she is a champion for Prosperity Not Poverty and serves on the advisory board of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship as well as the board of Trustees of the John Templeton Foundation. She is the author of The Heart of a Cheetah. and the forthcoming Ethical Startup Cities. She was featured in three award winning documentaries, “Poverty Inc”, “Made in Mekhe” and “She Rises Up.”
