TEDGlobal 2007: Fred Swaniker 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…
Session 11 was closed off by a speech by the President of Tanzania, the Honourable Mjue Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete. He started out extending a warm welcome to all guests and visitors to Tanzania and Arusha. It’s the beginning of winter, but it’s not snowing yet. He referred to a conversation he had with U2’s Bono,…
Africa is a continent full of contradictions. You’re Harvard educated, and you’re coming here to tell us what to do? She told us about her experiences growing up. Although not in the slums, she grew up poor. She was sent to an expensive school and kept being thrown out. And once when she failed, she…
This is the 2nd talk on the second last session of TEDGlobal 2007. We need to commercialise enterprises or entrepreneurship in Africa. Chris Anderson, TED curator, described him as a one-man think tank, a libertarian economist. Address famine as a business opportunity. Lost $200 million due to famine in Kenya. The estimated cost 300 to…
Paul van Zyl gave one of the regular 3-minute talks that fit in between the main talks at TED. He was involved with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and now runs an NGO in New York that shares these strategies and experience with other countries in transition. For more on this work,…