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Embodying Sankofa: 5 African artists influenced by history
At TED2013, graphic designer Saki Mafundikwa highlights the beauty of traditional African written languages, urging designers to draw inspiration from them. Photo: James Duncan Davidson Zimbabwean...
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Why Africa is booming: Further watching and reading on the economic...
Economic growth in Africa is about to climb off the charts, says Charles Robertson at TEDGlobal 2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson In today’s talk, economist Charles Robertson turns up the heat on an...
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Architecture infused with fractals: how TED speaker Ron Eglash inspired...
A nighttime view of the Lideta Mercato, an unconventional shopping mall in Ethiopia designed with local traditions in mind. Image: Xavier Vilalta If you look closely at the Lideta Mercato — a shopping...
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The moon’s path is full of thorns: Fellows Friday with Johnson Urama
Nigerian astronomer Johnson Urama wants to promote the future of astronomy in Africa by looking deep into history. With his African Cultural Astronomy Project, he is gathering the lost ancient...
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Further reading on China’s investment in Africa … and what it means
At TEDGlobal 2013, Dambisa Moyo shares a shift afoot in Africa — that with increased Chinese investment in the continent, people are beginning to see their economic system as the ideal. Photo: James...
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7 TED Talks on the need to encourage entrepreneurship
Peace strategist Mohamed Ali speaks at TEDCity2.0, bringing us to the city of Mogadishu. Photo: Ryan Lash Could unemployment be a factor that leads to terrorism? Mohamed Ali: The link between...
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My City: Juliana Rotich on Ushahidi, BRCK and life in Nairobi
Nairobi, seen from Uhuru Park. Photograph: Joshua Wanyama. See a photogallery of Joshua’s other images of Nairobi. Juliana Rotich was not expecting our interview to end in tears. Neither was I. But on...
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Nairobi in pictures: Juliana Rotich shares her favorite spots in the Kenyan...
Juliana Rotich didn’t grow up in Nairobi, but the Kenyan capital has been her official full-time home since 2011. Now, she describes the city as “another node in my network.” It’s a suitable metaphor...
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Gallery: A school and a clinic, built from compressed clay
Kéré designed a primary school for the village of Gando in Burkina Faso in 1999. With the help of residents of the village, construction was completed in 2001. The school’s walls are made from...
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An approach to global aid where all are treated as equals
By Lisa Katayama In a developed country where the dialogue around human rights is very charity-minded, it’s rare to find young people with visions of engaging rural farmers in developing countries as...
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Andrew Mwenda on progress in Africa
Andrew Mwenda: Aid for Africa? No thanks. In 2007, journalist Andrew Mwenda took the stage at TEDGlobal in Arusha, Tanzania, and decried the symptomatic disease affecting his home continent: aid. The...
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How TEDxLuanda is helping to rewrite Angola’s next chapter, from civil...
TEDxLuanda is the only TEDx event in Angola and its theme always hinges on the country’s future. Organizer Januario Jano (on the right) co-hosts in 2013, introducing speakers on the theme “Connect the...
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Somi unveils an odyssey of song and soul in ‘The Lagos Music Salon’
This week, East African singer Somi releases her first major-label album, The Lagos Music Salon, in the United States. Already, it is #1 on the iTunes Jazz Chart, #1 on the Amazon Jazz Vocal Chart,...
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AK-47s transformed into jewelry and watches, thanks to a chance meeting in a...
The metal in this watch was once an AK-47. Through the company Fonderie 47, social entrepreneur Peter Thum has helped decommission 45,000 of these assault rifles in Africa. Photo: Courtesy of Fonderie...
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Avoiding the hunger season: How a TED Fellow is working to save African...
Laura Boykin, right, and fellow researcher Donald Kachigamba, at left, inspect African whiteflies feeding on cassava leaves at a farm near Namulonge, Uganda. While scientists once assumed there was...
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The Next Einstein Forum begins
The Next Einstein Forum is bringing together scientists working across the globe with those working in Africa. Each of these 15 young scientists was named a “gamechanger” at the conference. Could one...
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Video: Three views of tech innovation in Africa
When you watch a video on TED.com, we’re proud of the advertisement you see afterward — it’s not your usual blaring video ad. We ask all of TED.com’s sponsors to make their post-roll video as...
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World Lion Day: A visit to big-cat filmmakers Beverly & Dereck Joubert
Wildlife filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert spoke at TEDWomen 2010 about their commitment to saving Africa’s big cats from extinction. The biggest factor that threatens these majestic animals:...
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Just announced: TEDGlobal 2017 heads back to Africa
Ten years on, TEDGlobal returns to Africa, and applications are open now to attend. TEDGlobal 2017: Builders. Truth-tellers. Catalysts. happens August 27–30, 2017, in Arusha, Tanzania. Our conference...
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Sneak preview lineup unveiled for Africa’s next TED Conference
On August 27, an extraordinary group of people will gather in Arusha, Tanzania, for TEDGlobal 2017, a four-day TED Conference for “those with a genuine interest in the betterment of the continent,”...
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