Magatte Wade: Why it's too hard to start a business in Africa -- and how to change it
مجات ويد: سبب صعوبة بدء مشروع تجاري في إفريقيا - وكيفية تغييره
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,
weeks ago, it happened.
I would ever hear it said to my face
they filled it with so much hope.
renewed my commitment
to share with you today.
that I am a haunted person.
laying at the bottom of the ocean,
يرقدون في قاع المحيط،
that's the best we can do?
هو أفضل ما يمكننا فعله؟
who are trying to migrate to Europe --
الذين يحاولون الهجرة إلى أوروبا -
to Europe to find a job.
إلى أوروبا للعثور على عمل.
when we're trying to cross through Libya
عندما نحاول عبور ليبيا
maybe sometimes 500 dollars.
ربما في بعض الأحيان 500 دولار.
of bodies that fall off an airplane.
عن الجثث التي تسقط من طائرة.
the landing gear of a plane
جهاز الهبوط للطائرة
from the moment you were a little girl,
منذ أن كنت فتاة صغيرة،
and they keep repeating themselves,
التي تستمر في تكرار انفسها،
as my people are dying,
we have this culture inferiority,
that comes from us is not good enough.
ليس جيد بما فيه الكفاية.
by creating, it's Michelangelos.
انه كمايكل انجيلوس.
come to me with problems
of a couple alternatives.
that you thought of something."
something is wrong, find a way to fix it.
شيء ما مخطأ، اكتشفي طريقة لإصلاحه.
the businesses that I start,
the very best of my African culture.
افضل جزأ من ثقافتي الإفريقية.
21st century, world-class tendered,
الحادي والعشرون ، يقدم على مستوى العالم،
sophisticated markets in the world,
الأسواق تطورا في العالم ،
third one is launching next month,
الثالثة سوف تطلق الشهر المقبل ،
where they are, there's no jobs.
وظائف في المكان الذين هم فيه.
is the root cause of why they're leaving.
هو السبب الرئيسي وراء مغادرتهم.
because they have no money.
لأنهم لا يملكون المال.
because you have no source of income.
لأنه ليس لديهم مصدر للدخل.
what is a source of income?
source of income, what is it, tell me?
دخلنا، ما هو ، أخبروني؟
and medium size enterprises, SMEs --
الصغيرة و متوسطة الحجم--
for a small-business person
لصاحب الأعمال الصغيرة
at the Doing Business index ranking
في تصنيف مؤشر (دوينق بزنس)
it is to start a company,
it is literally impossible
in these countries of ours.
what it means on the ground
ذلك في مكان حيث يتم عمل حقيقي
facility in Senegal.
that I can't find in the country,
لا أستطيع العثور عليها في البلد ،
on everything that comes in?
للرسوم الجمركية على كل ما يأتي؟
even to look for fine cardboard
عن الورق المقوى الرفيع
إلى الولايات المتحدة،
are not going to come here
3000 dollars' worth of cardboard
بقيمة 3000 دولار من الورق المقوى
so that I can have cardboard,
من الحصول على الكرتون،
for another five weeks.
with the most nonsensical laws out there.
said to me words that marked me,
قال لي كلمات اثّرت فيني،
to my employees in Senegal.
her name is Yahara.
because I had come to believe --
لأنني جئت للاعتقاد --
represented as poor people --
yes, maybe we are inferior.
نعم ، ربما نحن أقل شأنا.
in the begging situation?"
just what I explained to you,
that I am not the problem.
أنني لست المشكلة.
that's my problem."
هذه هي مشكلتي."
they now change their outlook on life.
سوف يغيرون نظرتهم للحياة.
of our solutions, then?
الحلول لدينا؟
that we should be simplifying
of all of these countries?
from the other 50 countries
to do the same thing.
فعل الشيء نفسه.
ونحن سنفعل ما تبقى.
what are you doing?
everybody here in this room,
is educate yourself,
هو ان تثقفوا انفسكم،
for e-government solutions.
how do we fight corruption?"
كيف نحارب الفساد؟"
I'm here to tell you
by the stroke of a pen.
when and how to do that.
متى وكيف تفعل ذلك.
for anyone to do, so do it.
أن يفعل ذلك، لذا افعله.
that you want to fix corruption.
from the other 50 countries
من 50 دولة أخرى
to get my stuff in the country,
لاحصل على أشيائي في البلاد ،
that I would have to go a pay a bribe?
you don't need to wait for anyone.
عليكم انتظار احد.
that maybe you have no sovereignty,
I have simple words for our "leaders."
كلمات بسيطة ل "قادتنا".
of millions of young people
and everything is good,
بشكل مثمر، وكل شيء جيد
you get out of my way,
تخرجون من طريقي ،
we create all these jobs we need,
نخلق كل هذه الوظائف التي نحتاجها ،
this very prosperous country
هذا البلد المزدهر جدا
it should have been for a long time.
كان يجب أن تكونه لفترة طويلة.
we move on with our lives.
نتقدم بحياتنا.
the calm, productive way.
الهادئة و المنتجة.
ever even try to think
if we don't go there.
إذا لم نفعل ذلك.
happiness, human flourishing --
السعادة ، ازدهار الإنسان -
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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