Spencer Wells, the author of “The Journey of Man” has been on his own journey, covering the world from Mongolia to Cambodia to Tanzania (twice)… Read More »Wells’s Journey

Ted Kidane came to the United States from Ethiopia twenty four years ago as a student, with $50 in his pocket. He starts his talk… Read More »Feedelix – speaking in your own language

Alieu Conteh is a Gambian entrepeneur who has been deeply involved with the Democratic Republic of Congo, even during some of the nation’s darkest days.… Read More »Building something from nothing – mobile phones in DRC

Florence Seriki is the CEO of Nigerian computer manufacturer, Omatek. She’s interested in the problem of getting African youth excited about computers, and reminds the… Read More »Building computers in Nigeria

Google is one of the three major sponsors for TED Africa, alongside AMD and GE. They hosted lunch today for a group of attendees to… Read More »Google in Africa: big goals, small steps

Ron Eglash has an odd job title – he’s an ethnomathematician whose has built his career studying fractals in African architecture. He starts by explaining… Read More »African fractals