Magatte Wade, a Senegalese entrepreneur and one of the Forbes 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa, explains why the solution to poverty in Africa is to expand opportunities for entrepreneurship and trade. Magatte urges students to think with their heads as well as their hearts as she shares her personal experience with entrepreneurship and global development. The solution to poverty in Africa is not simply more foreign aid, which often hurts local African business owners, it is policy that makes doing business easier. This presentation was filmed in Austin, Texas at FEE’s 2015 Economics of Entrepreneurship high school seminar. Learn how you can attend a FEE program and meet speakers like Magatte Wade by visiting http://at.fee.org/seminars2016

At FEE, we believe in the power of every individual to become better versions of themselves through entrepreneurship and strong personal character in all aspects of their lives, but we also understand that this is only possible in a free society. FEE's president and distinguished scholar, Larry Reed, takes the stage to welcome attendees to the first full day of FEEcon 2017, and describes the idea of freedom as a life-philosophy and why we should celebrate the power of the individual.