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David L. Guy Lecture: Magatte Wade

Date:
Monday, September 29, 2025
Time:
7 - 8 p.m.
Location:

Olin Theater

Add to Your Calendar 09/29/2025 19:00:00 09/29/2025 20:00:00 America/New_York David L. Guy Lecture: Magatte Wade

Join Magatte Wade, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and Forbes listed "20 Youngest Power Women in Africa", as she speaks on African prosperity and entrepreneurship. This lecure is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at the Colket Information Desk.

Olin Theater

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Magatte Wade is a serial entrepreneur and visionary business leader with a passion for creating positive change in Africa, and she is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Heart of a Cheetah, which highlights her journey and vision for African prosperity. She is the founder and CEO of SkinIsSkin.com, “the lip balm with a mission,” dedicated to reducing racial discrimination while creating jobs and prosperity in her home country of Senegal. Throughout her career, she has created successful high-end retail brands inspired by diverse African traditions.

She is a Forbes “20 Youngest Power Women in Africa”, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum at Davos, and the Director of the Atlas Network’s Center for African Prosperity. Wade believes that the “cheetah generation,” a new cohort of dynamic African entrepreneurs and professionals identified by Ghanaian economist George Ayittey, will create local pathways for change that will shape the future of African prosperity.

This lecure is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at the Colket Information Desk.

This lecture is sponsored by the Center for Economic Freedom.