TED and the sponsors behind the conference made an amazing commitment to including innovative young African leaders, thinkers and entrepreneurs into the TED Global conference.… Read More »Christmas at TED?

Novelist Chris Abani is a deceptive and funny man. He tells us that he’s been at TED for three days, “watching slideshows, listening to scientists…… Read More »Three voices. Listen.

Franco Sacchi, an Italian filmmaker living in Boston, has just produced a remarkable film about Nollywood. Nollywood is the third larget film industry in the… Read More »Turning the camera on Nollywood

Tanzanian business leader Ali Mufuruki sees the conference so far as a reason for hope – he acknowledges the pioneers on our stage who’ve talked… Read More »Connected? Yes. Connected enough? No.

Nik Nesbitt, the founder and CEO of call-center company KenCall, focuses his talk “Not about my company, but about the company I keep.” Much of… Read More »Towards “working abroad at home”

Jim Forstner, Cisco engineer extraordinare and wireless network advocate, uses 15 seconds of a 3 minute talk to read the title – “Railroads, Highways, Telecoms,… Read More »Hunter and hunted nations