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Stranded Technologies Podcast

Ep. 72: Magatte Wade on the Bureaucratic Obstacles for African Entrepreneurs, Misguided Development and Startup Cities as the Solution

Nov 8, 2023
01:43:02

Magatte Wade is an entrepreneur, author and promoter for African entrepreneurship. Magatte shares her impactful personal journey of migration, education, and entrepreneurship and calls attention to the economic difficulties in African countries. She discusses her book "Heart of a Cheetah", where she explores the misrepresentations of African poverty and how startup cities can help unleash entrepreneurship for Africa's development. She shares anecdotes from her entrepreneurial journey, highlighting bureaucratic hindrances she has encountered in Africa versus the U.S. and advocating for the establishment of startup cities in Africa as a radical, immediate solution to alleviate poverty and drive economic growth.

Magatte previously appeared on Lex Fridman and Jordan Peterson. She recently interviewed Vitalik Buterin on her own video series.

More about Magatte's work:

* MagatteWade.com

* SkinIsSkin.com - Magatte's company

* Twitter

* Instagram

* YouTube

* Facebook

* LinkedIn

* TikTok



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