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Magatte Wade is an entrepreneur and advocate for African dignity and prosperity. Her TED talk, “Why it is too hard to start a business in Africa – and how to change it” has been seen by more than 600K people. She is a Forbes “20 Youngest Power Women in Africa”, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum at Davos, a TED Global Africa Fellow, and a “Leading Woman in Wellness” award winner by the Global Wellness Summit. In 2014 she was featured on the cover of Forbes Afrique for being the person in Francophone Africa having the greatest positive impact on the future. She serves as the Director of the Atlas Network’s Center for African Prosperity. Wade is a member of the board of Directors of Conscious Capitalism Inc. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Whole Planet Foundation, of Whole Foods Market. She has written for The Guardian, HuffingtonPost.com, and Barron’s, and has been profiled by the NYT. She has spoken at numerous high-profile venues including the U.N., The Clinton Global Initiative, the Aspen Institute, TED, Conscious Capitalism, and many dozens of universities including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley, Dartmouth, and the Wharton School of Business.
New Research Hub Focused on Educating the African City Builders, Urban Planners, and Municipal Leaders of Tomorrow using Innovative Approaches to Urban Development. May 15, 2024 The Charter Cities Institute (CCI), in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), has announced a significant
In today 8217 s episode we explore the history of liberalism in China with Evan Osborne Professor of Economics at Wright State University and author of 8220 Markets with Chinese Characteristics Economic Liberalism in Modern China 8221 We discuss the introduction of Western economic liberalism
Welcome back to the last blog post in my Journey of a Banana series! Morning in Lusaka brings with it a familiar sight: fruit sellers. Wheelbarrows, stands, head baskets—each loaded with bananas, placed or moved across the city. If you’ve been following The Journey of
Welcome back to my Journey of a Banana series. In the last article, I wrote about my interest in Lusaka’s banana sellers and got a sense of how street vending works in African cities. Today, we’ll follow banana sellers around Lusaka’s streets. We will learn
Explore the efficacy of Special Economic Zones SEZs in Tanzania through a comprehensive analysis of investment employment and export data This policy brief sheds light on the challenges and opportunities posed by SEZs drawing comparisons with successful models like China while examining Tanzania 8217 s
Each month the CCI team selects a new book to read and discuss together Our book club selections cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to charter cities but they are most often related to development urban issues and governance In this ongoing
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