TEDGlobal 2007: Session 11: Ory Okolloh
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 […]
TEDGlobal 2007: Session 11: James Shikwati
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 […]
TEDGlobal 2007: Session 11: Paul van Zyl
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, […]
TEDGlobal 2007: Session 11: Salim Amin
The final session of TED: Leadership and Truth opened with a short film with photos from the famine in Ethiopia. He opens with “My name is Salim Amin and I am an African.” The images from the film saved the lives of 3 million people. Images taken by his father, Mohammed Amin. A24 media project, […]
TEDGlobal 2007: Session 4: Russell Southwood
Russell Southwood publishes one of Africa’s leading newsletters on technology: The Balancing Act. He’s talk was going to be about tech, wealth and culture. He was inspired by John Perry Barlow’s dream of wiring the Internet in Africa, as written in this great piece written Wired. Russell referred to what he calls Door Openers, which […]