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Joseph Lekuton: A parable for Kenya

Joseph Lekuton, a member of parliament in Kenya, starts with the story of his remarkable education, then offers a parable of how Africa can grow. His message of hope has never been more relevant.
https://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_lekuton_a_parable_for_kenya

Sarah Cairns-Smith: Finally, tech solutions to economic development

In Kenya, a smartphone app called iCow tracks the health of cattle for thousands of farmers, at times doubling productivity. In this talk, Sarah Cairns-Smith discusses how a range of mobile apps are transforming local economies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_cairns_smith_finally_tech_solutions_to_economic_development

Kasiva Mutua: How I use the drum to tell my story

In this talk-performance hybrid, drummer, percussionist and TED Fellow Kasiva Mutua shares how she's breaking the taboo against female drummers in Kenya -- and her mission to teach the significance and importance of the drum to young boys, women and girls. "Women can be custodians of culture, too," Mutua says.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kasiva_mutua_how_i_use_the_drum_to_tell_my_story

Charity Wayua: A few ways to fix a government

Charity Wayua put her skills as a cancer researcher to use on an unlikely patient: the government of her native Kenya. She shares how she helped her government drastically improve its process for opening up new businesses, a crucial part of economic health and growth, leading to new investments and a World Bank recognition as a top reformer.
https://www.ted.com/talks/charity_wayua_a_few_ways_to_fix_a_government

Wanjira Mathai: 3 ways to uproot a culture of corruption

Corruption is a constant threat in Kenya, says social entrepreneur Wanjira Mathai -- and to stop it there (or anywhere else), we need to intervene early. Following the legacy of her mother, political activist and Nobel Prize recipient Wangari Maathai, Mathai shares three strategies to uproot a culture of corruption by teaching children and young...
https://www.ted.com/talks/wanjira_mathai_3_ways_to_uproot_a_culture_of_corruption

Kakenya Ntaiya: Empower a girl, transform a community

Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school where girls can live and study safely -- and uplift their community along the way. "When you empower a girl, you transform...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kakenya_ntaiya_empower_a_girl_transform_a_community

Tom Osborn: A new way to help young people with their mental health

TED Fellow Tom Osborn wants more young people to have access to the mental health support they need. With the Shamiri Institute, he and his team are training 18- to 22-year-olds to deliver evidence-based mental health care to their peers in Kenya -- which has only two psychiatrists for every million people. Hear how their community-first, youth-...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_osborn_a_new_way_to_help_young_people_with_their_mental_health

Kala Fleming: Easing water scarcity by understanding when and where it flows

The African continent holds more water than much of the world -- yet most people can't access the rich reserves just below their feet. Kala Fleming and her team in Kenya are creating a system-level solution: "digital aquifers." By putting sensors in wells, monitoring the data from the cloud and opening up business opportunity around it, they're ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kala_fleming_easing_water_scarcity_by_understanding_when_and_where_it_flows

Peter Ouko: From death row to law graduate

Peter Ouko spent 18 years in Kamiti Prison in Kenya, sometimes locked up in a cell with 13 other grown men for 23 and a half hours a day. In a moving talk, he tells the story of how he was freed -- and his current mission with the African Prisons Project: to set up the first law school behind bars and empower people in prison to drive positive c...
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_ouko_from_death_row_to_law_graduate

Boniface Mwangi: The day I stood up alone

Photographer Boniface Mwangi wanted to protest against corruption in his home country of Kenya. So he made a plan: He and some friends would stand up and heckle during a public mass meeting. But when the moment came ... he stood alone. What happened next, he says, showed him who he truly was. As he says, "There are two most powerful days in your...
https://www.ted.com/talks/boniface_mwangi_the_day_i_stood_up_alone

Jan Stejskal: The last living members of an extinct species

In the savannahs of Kenya, two female northern white rhinos, Nájin and Fatu, munch contentedly on grass. They are the last two known northern white rhinos left on Earth. Their species is functionally extinct— without a male, they can't reproduce. And yet, there's still hope to revive the northern white rhino. How can that be? Jan Stejskal dives ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jan_stejskal_the_last_living_members_of_an_extinct_species

Teresa Njoroge: What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit

In 2011, Teresa Njoroge was convicted of a financial crime she didn't commit -- the result of a long string of false accusations, increasing bribe attempts and the corrupt justice system in her home in Kenya. Once incarcerated, she discovered that most of the women and girls locked up with her were also victims of the same broken system, caught ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/teresa_njoroge_what_i_learned_serving_time_for_a_crime_i_didn_t_commit

Leslie Kenna: The brilliance of bioluminescence

Some lucky animals are naturally endowed with bioluminescence, or the ability to create light. The firefly, the anglerfish, and a few more surprising creatures use this ability in many ways, including survival, hunting, and mating. Leslie Kenna investigates this magical glow - and our quest to replicate it. [Directed by Cinematic Sweden, narrate...
https://www.ted.com/talks/leslie_kenna_the_brilliance_of_bioluminescence

Muthoni Drummer Queen: Creativity builds nations

In a hopeful talk followed by an empowering performance, musician and TED Fellow Muthoni Drummer Queen shares how industries like music, film and fashion provide a platform for Africans to broadcast their rich and diverse talents -- and explains how the shared experience of creativity can replace attitudes of exclusionism and othering with accep...
https://www.ted.com/talks/muthoni_drummer_queen_creativity_builds_nations

Juliana Rotich: Meet BRCK, Internet access built for Africa

Tech communities are booming all over Africa, says Nairobi-based Juliana Rotich, cofounder of the open-source software Ushahidi. But it remains challenging to get and stay connected in a region with frequent blackouts and spotty Internet hookups. So Rotich and friends developed BRCK, offering resilient connectivity for the developing world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/juliana_rotich_meet_brck_internet_access_built_for_africa

Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade? We're winning the war against child mortality

Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- and under-reported -- piece of front-page good news: We're winning the war against child death. Along the way, he debunks one flawed approach to stats that blots out such vital stories.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_good_news_of_the_decade_we_re_winning_the_war_against_child_mortality

James Irungu Mwangi: Africa's great carbon valley -- and how to end energy poverty

Our lives depend on curbing climate change, but so many priorities seem to be in competition. What's the most urgent thing humanity can do right now? Social entrepreneur James Irungu Mwangi tells us why Africa could be the ideal home for scaling the latest and most ambitious climate technologies -- including in places like Kenya's Hell's Gate Na...
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_irungu_mwangi_africa_s_great_carbon_valley_and_how_to_end_energy_poverty

Naomi Mwaura: A feminist reimagining of Kenya's public transport

Kenya's minibuses -- known as "matatus" -- offer a convenient, affordable and colorful way for people to get around. But they also pose safety risks and accessibility issues for many of their passengers, especially women. Bringing a feminist perspective, activist and TED Fellow Naomi Mwaura calls for a revolution in public transportation by maki...
https://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_mwaura_a_feminist_reimagining_of_kenya_s_public_transport

Andrew Bastawrous: Get your next eye exam on a smartphone

Thirty-nine million people in the world are blind, and the majority lost their sight due to curable and preventable diseases. But how do you test and treat people who live in remote areas, where expensive, bulky eye equipment is hard to come by? TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous demos a smartphone app and cheap hardware that might help.
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_bastawrous_get_your_next_eye_exam_on_a_smartphone

Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

In the Maasai community where Richard Turere lives with his family, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away.
https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_my_invention_that_made_peace_with_lions

Zoë Karl-Waithaka: Got millet? How marketing could improve the lives of African farmers

From "got milk?" to "avocados from Mexico," marketing influences what you eat more than you may realize. But despite the known power of food marketing, farmers in Africa are more likely to receive funding for seed and fertilizer than they are for advertising geniuses. Agricultural development expert Zoë Karl-Waithaka outlines three ways industry...
https://www.ted.com/talks/zoe_karl_waithaka_got_millet_how_marketing_could_improve_the_lives_of_african_farmers

Washington Wachira: For the love of birds

From the glorious crested guinea fowl to the adulterous African jacana to vultures that can pick a zebra carcass clean in 30 minutes, Washington Wachira wants us all to get to know the marvelous species of birds that share the planet with us. If you're not already a fan of earth's feathermakers -- or concerned about their conservation -- you wil...
https://www.ted.com/talks/washington_wachira_for_the_love_of_birds

Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks

The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how WikiLeaks operates and what drives their mission. The interview includes graphic footage of a US airstrike in Baghdad.
https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_assange_why_the_world_needs_wikileaks

Resson Kantai Duff: Why Africa needs community-led conservation

Conservation efforts in Africa have typically been led by "parachute conservationists" -- outsiders who drop in thinking they have all the answers, hire locals to implement them and then disappear. But conservationist Resson Kantai Duff has a better way to save wildlife in Africa: let locals lead these efforts themselves. She calls for a major s...
https://www.ted.com/talks/resson_kantai_duff_why_africa_needs_community_led_conservation

Munir Virani: Why I love vultures

As natural garbage collectors, vultures are vital to our ecosystem -- so why all the bad press? Why are so many in danger of extinction? Raptor biologist Munir Virani says we need to pay more attention to these unique and misunderstood creatures, to change our perception and save the vultures.
https://www.ted.com/talks/munir_virani_why_i_love_vultures

Rose Goslinga: Crop insurance, an idea worth seeding

Across sub-Saharan Africa, small farmers are the bedrock of national and regional economies—unless the weather proves unpredictable and their crops fail. The solution is insurance, at a vast, continental scale, and at a very low, affordable cost. Rose Goslinga and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture pioneered an unconventional wa...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rose_goslinga_crop_insurance_an_idea_worth_seeding

Bright Simons: To help solve global problems, look to developing countries

To address the problem of counterfeit goods, African entrepreneurs like Bright Simons have come up with innovative and effective ways to confirm products are genuine. Now he asks: Why aren't these solutions everywhere? From password-protected medicines to digitally certified crops, Simons demonstrates the power of local ideas -- and calls on the...
https://www.ted.com/talks/bright_simons_to_help_solve_global_problems_look_to_developing_countries

Hans Rosling: Insights on HIV, in stunning data visuals

Hans Rosling unveils data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world's deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV. By following the data, he suggests a surprising key to ending the epidemic.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_insights_on_hiv_in_stunning_data_visuals

Ory Okolloh: How I became an activist

Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family -- and how she came to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya's parliament.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ory_okolloh_how_i_became_an_activist

Robert Neuwirth: The hidden world of shadow cities

Robert Neuwirth, author of "Shadow Cities," finds the world's squatter sites -- where a billion people now make their homes -- to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation. He takes us on a tour.
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_neuwirth_the_hidden_world_of_shadow_cities
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