This is a question from Yahoo! Answers that I answered and was voted Best Answer by the person who asked the question… As the week keeps going, I’m feeling more and more depressed. I feel like pretty soon something is going to happen to me because of my bad decisions. What can I do to…
Dr Okonjo-Iweala, Distinguished Fellow at Brookings Institution and former Finance Minister of Nigeria, presented the final talk at TEDGlobal: Africa, the next chapter. She spoke at the TED conference in Monterey, California, in February 2007. Africa the old: the next chapter. The growth in sub-Saharan Africa is strong and inflation is under control, but the…
Patrick Awuah left Microsoft to found Ashesi University. The question of transformation in Africa is a question of leadership. He gives a shocking example of two incidents at a hospital when they lost power. Learned about courage when stopped at age 16 and was taken by soldiers who wanted me to join some protesters. He…
Noah Samara is a pioneer in satellite radio. Growing up, I saw many people battered by numerous problems, but there has always been hope. He is impassioned about empowering people with information. Because of HIV/AIDS, 17 million people would die by the end of the decade in 1990s would die and simply because of a…
Fred was invited onto the TED stage for another 3-minute slot…renaissance, steam revolution, information age: pc, mobile and Internet. President Thabo Mbeki proclaimed the African Renaissance. The African Leadership Academy was launched. The goal is to become more systematic and be proactive about bringing about peace and prosperity. Young people from all 54 countries in…