Magatte Wade: Why it's too hard to start a business in Africa -- and how to change it
Magat Vejd (Magatte Wade): Zašto je tako teško započeti biznis u Africi i kako to promeniti
Magatte Wade creates jobs in Africa -- and calls attention to the obstacles to job creation on the continent. Full bio
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is something that happened to me,
nešto što mi se desilo,
weeks ago, it happened.
I would ever hear it said to my face
što sam mislila da nikad neću čuti
they filled it with so much hope.
renewed my commitment
moju posvećenost
to share with you today.
da podelim sa vama danas.
that I am a haunted person.
da sam opsesivna osoba.
ljudima kao što sam ja
laying at the bottom of the ocean,
ležeči na njegovom dnu,
that's the best we can do?
najbolje što možemo?
who are trying to migrate to Europe --
da migriraju u Evropu -
da migriraju u Evropu da pronađu posao.
to Europe to find a job.
when we're trying to cross through Libya
dok pokušavamo da prođemo kroz Libiju
maybe sometimes 500 dollars.
of bodies that fall off an airplane.
koja ispadnu iz aviona.
the landing gear of a plane
from the moment you were a little girl,
otkad sam bila devojčica,
i da se one ponavljaju, iznova i iznova?
and they keep repeating themselves,
as my people are dying,
dok moji ljudi umiru,
we have this culture inferiority,
kulturnu inferiornost,
that comes from us is not good enough.
nije dovoljno dobro.
by creating, it's Michelangelos.
stvarajući, za mene su to remek-dela.
come to me with problems
„Nemoj mi se žaliti na probleme
of a couple alternatives.
samo želim da znam da si nešto smislila.“
that you thought of something."
ako nešto ne valja, probaj da popraviš.
something is wrong, find a way to fix it.
the businesses that I start,
najbolje od afričke kulture.
the very best of my African culture.
21st century, world-class tendered,
svetskim standardima,
sophisticated markets in the world,
najsofisticiranijih svetskih tržišta,
treću pokrećem sledećeg meseca,
third one is launching next month,
where they are, there's no jobs.
is the root cause of why they're leaving.
je glavni uzrok njihovog odlaska.
because they have no money.
because you have no source of income.
what is a source of income?
je šta, kažite mi?
source of income, what is it, tell me?
and medium size enterprises, SMEs --
i srednjih preduzeća, MSP -
vlasnicima malih preduzeća
for a small-business person
listu projekta Doing Business
at the Doing Business index ranking
it is to start a company,
u njoj osnovati kompaniju,
it is literally impossible
in these countries of ours.
what it means on the ground
za nekog poput mene.
facility in Senegal.
koji ne mogu da pronađem u zemlji
that I can't find in the country,
on everything that comes in?
na svu robu koja pristiže?
even to look for fine cardboard
kvalitetan karton
are not going to come here
da započnu biznis, jer ni to nema smisla.
karton vredan 3000 dolara u skladište,
3000 dollars' worth of cardboard
so that I can have cardboard,
for another five weeks.
najbesmislenijim zakonima.
with the most nonsensical laws out there.
said to me words that marked me,
nešto što me je obeležilo,
to my employees in Senegal.
svojim zaposlenima u Senegalu.
her name is Yahara.
da plače - zove se Jahara.
because I had come to believe --
represented as poor people --
kao siromašan narod -
yes, maybe we are inferior.
možda smo inferiorni.
in the begging situation?"
ono što sam i vama upravo,
just what I explained to you,
da nisam ja problem.
that I am not the problem.
that's my problem."
they now change their outlook on life.
mogu promeniti svoju perspektivu.
of our solutions, then?
that we should be simplifying
da bi trebalo pojednostaviti
of all of these countries?
from the other 50 countries
iz drugih 50 zemalja,
to do the same thing.
what are you doing?
everybody here in this room,
is educate yourself,
for e-government solutions.
how do we fight corruption?"
kako da se borimo protiv nje?“
I'm here to tell you
by the stroke of a pen.
kada i kako da to uradite.
when and how to do that.
for anyone to do, so do it.
da uradi umesto vas.
that you want to fix corruption.
da želite da popravite korupciju.
from the other 50 countries
iz drugih 50 zemalja
to get my stuff in the country,
da uvezem svoju robu u zemlju,
da bih morala da dam mito?
that I would have to go a pay a bribe?
besmislenih zakona.
ne morate nikoga da čekate.
you don't need to wait for anyone.
da nemate suverenitet,
that maybe you have no sovereignty,
jednostavnu poruku za naše „lidere“.
I have simple words for our "leaders."
of millions of young people
and everything is good,
i da sve bude u redu,
you get out of my way,
sklonite mi se s puta,
we create all these jobs we need,
mi stvorimo nužne poslove,
jedna veoma napredna zemlja
this very prosperous country
it should have been for a long time.
kakva je trebalo već dugo da bude.
we move on with our lives.
nastavljamo sa svojim životima.
the calm, productive way.
produktivan način.
ever even try to think
if we don't go there.
happiness, human flourishing --
sreće, ljudskog napretka -
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Magatte Wade - Brand creatorMagatte Wade creates jobs in Africa -- and calls attention to the obstacles to job creation on the continent.
Why you should listen
Magatte Wade's first company, Adina World Beverages, brought Senegalese bissap to US consumers through Whole Foods Market, Wegmans and United Natural Foods, Inc. Her second company, Tiossan, brought Senegalese skin care recipes to US consumers through Nordstrom and boutique beauty retailers. Her third company, SkinIsSkin, manufactures lip balms based on Senegalese ingredients in Senegal and markets them in the US to reduce racial bias.
Based on her experiences creating consumer brands and building agricultural and manufacturing capacity in Senegal, Wade has spoken at dozens of universities including Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Columbia and MIT, among other, as well as at global conferences on innovation and economic development in France, Dubai, Guatemala, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and many more. She writes for the Huffington Post, Barron's, and the UK Guardian. She is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum at Davos and has appeared on the cover of Forbes Afrique. She was also named one of the "Twenty Young Power Women of Africa" by Forbes US.
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