Karim Meïssa Wade

Karim Wade (born 1 September 1968) is the son of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and is currently the President of the Senegalese Agence Nationale de l’Organisation de la Conférence Islamique (ANOCI) (National Agency for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference). Wade is widely seen as a possible successor to his father’s office.

Biography

Karim Meïssa Wade, the son of President Abdoulaye Wade and his French wife, Viviane Wade, was born in Paris. He attended primary school at the French-Senegalese School of Dakar (part of the Cours Sainte Marie de Hann) and completed his secondary education at the School of Saint Martin of France, where he obtained his Baccalaureate Degree.

He then attended the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne where he obtained a Masters of Management Science followed by a “DESS” in Financial Engineering.

Career

In 2002, Wade was named Personal Advisor to the President of the Republic, in charge of implementing major restructuring projects, among which were the New International Airport of Diass, the restructuring of Chemical Industries of Senegal (Industries Chimiques du Senegal or ICS), and the creation of the special integrated economic zone of Dakar.

As a personal Advisor to his father-president, Wade (Son) hasn’t delivered or even started any of his major projects (Not even one stone at the Airport site to this day, The Chemical Industries is bankrupt and now is a property of India. As far as the economic zone is concerned, Jebel Ali who supposedly was going to finance the project has opted for Ghana which has a lesser corrupt environment for business.

In June 2004, Wade was named president of ANOCI, whose mission is to prepare and organize the 11th Islamic Summit.

The ANOCI team is still creating a so-called modern transportation infrastructure, rebuilding the Corniche Ouest, and developing public works such as the Soumbedioune Tunnel and the Northern Corridor Highway exchanges.

Wade is trying to attract private investment to develop upscale international hotels.

On 26 August 2008, Wade met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss a project for the installation of a nuclear power station in Senegal. This would ease the problem of electrical power generation which has confronted the country for many years.

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