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Dayo Ogunyemi | TED Speaker

As an entrepreneur and investor in film, media and technology, Dayo Ogunyemi reconstructs the image and reality of Africa.
Cultural media builder
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dayo_ogunyemi

TEDxLagos - an independently organized event

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Event details: Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, Lagos, Nigeria · June 28, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/20510

Chinua Achebe: Some reflections

The world lost one of its literary giants today. Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died at the age 82. For Nigerians, Achebe was a national treasure. He was the first African writer to attract international acclaim, and an outspoken leader with far-reaching influence on both politics and culture. Emeka Okafor, who produced the TEDGlobal confe...
Posted March 22, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections

TEDxMendeWomen - an independently organized event

About this event: Speakers: Cathey Armillas, Florence Atunwa Olumodimu; Sally Mbanefo; Nkiru Olumide-Ojo; Uri Ngozichukwuka; Morayo Afolabi-Brown; Toun Okewale Sonaiya; Toni Kan; Josephine Effah-Chukwuma; Tope Oshin; Ehikodi Gina Ojo; Oreoluwa Somolu-Lesi; Performers: Kolawole KolaSoul Ogunwumi; Yadichinma Ukoha-kalu; Stacey Ejiroghene Okparavero Sponsors: I...
Event details: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · November 2, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/25757

Why Africa is booming: Further watching and reading on the economic turnaround of the continent

In today’s talk, economist Charles Robertson turns up the heat on an idea that’s been simmering for several years: that Africa is seeing rapid economic growth. Looking at statistics and at the precedents set by China and India, Robertson brings this idea to a full boil, saying that economists haven’t been nearly optimistic enough in their pr...
Posted October 22, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/10/22/africa-is-booming-further-watching-and-reading

Iké Udé | TED Speaker

The work of Nigerian-born Iké Udé explores a world of dualities: photographer/performance artist, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art.
Artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ike_ude

TEDxModojiRoad: TEDxModojiRoad 20220618 - an independently organized event

About this event: Modoji community is a suburb in Katsina, the capital city of Katsina state which is one of the ancient emirates of the northern Nigeria. In the spirit of TED/TEDx, exploring the uniqueness of evolution witnessed by various industries and sphere with respect to cultural influence is the idea worth spreading. No one can predict or dictate how a...
Event details: Katsina, Katsina, Nigeria · June 17, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/50513

TEDGlobal 2012 Fellows Talks: A recap of Session 2

Photo: Ryan Lash Andrew Nemr, tap dancerAndrew takes the stage again – one built especially for his performance here – to dance in improv based on his time at TED so far. Even as his rhythms – some familiar, some confounding – intensify, he dances as naturally as walking … painting with his body and with sound. There's music in his shoes – ...
Posted June 25, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/06/25/tedglobal-2012-fellows-talks-a-recap-of-session-2

Skip cable news. A better source of Ebola information

"It all depends on what we do in the next few weeks," said infectious disease expert and TED Fellow Chikwe Ihekweazu, speaking about Ebola at TEDGlobal on Friday. What happens next: will the number of new Ebola cases grow or plateau? And how can the world know the right thing to do? Reliable news about the outbreak has been hard to find, espe...
Posted October 15, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/ebola-a-new-way-to-learn-whats-going-on-from-experts-journalists-and-locals

Robert Palmer | TED Speaker

Robert Palmer investigates how the financial system facilitates corruption and other crimes.
Campaign leader, Global Witness
https://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_palmer

Misha Glenny | TED Speaker

Journalist Misha Glenny leaves no stone unturned (and no failed state unexamined) in his excavation of criminal globalization.
Underworld investigator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/misha_glenny

Have a TED Talk idea? Apply to our Idea Search events in Africa

Do you have a TED Talk you’ve always wanted to try out in front of an audience? We’re thrilled to announce that applications are open for two new events in Africa: TEDLagos and TEDNairobi 2017 Idea Search! Anyone with an idea worth spreading is invited to apply to either of those two events; around 25 finalists at each event will share t...
Posted November 29, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/11/29/have-a-ted-talk-idea-apply-to-our-idea-search-events-in-africa

Further reading and citations on global corruption's hidden leaders

Charmian Gooch, co-founder of anti-corruption NGO Global Witness, tracks money to expose deep-rooted global corruption. In yesterday's talk, Gooch demonstrates that dirty money goes all the way to the top, and more sinister is that these cases of corruption are well-known to leaders and corporate elites. Nobody -- banks, big oil, government ...
Posted July 9, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/09/further-reading-and-citations-on-global-corruptions-hidden-leaders

TEDxYouth@LekkiLagoon: "The Magic of Chasing Dreams" - an independently organized event

About this event: The Event hopes to bring together young people across a country bedeviled with one of the highest rate of youth unemployment,highest rate of corruption and an overhelming sense of hopelessness amongst young people to an event that will broaden their horizons and challenge them to impact their immediate environments and the country at large, thro...
Event details: Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria · August 18, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/5385

TEDxUNN - an independently organized event

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Event details: Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria · July 1, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21539

TEDxYolawaRoad - an independently organized event

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Event details: Kano, Kano, Nigeria · September 23, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21771

TEDxUnilorin: Inspired to Aspire - an independently organized event

About this event: An amazing atmosphere for idea sharing, discussion and networking. The speakers are vast in their field and ready to inspire the audience to aspire for greater heights.
Event details: ILORIN, Kwara, Nigeria · December 17, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/12769

TEDxAsoRock - an independently organized event

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Event details: Abuja, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria · November 7, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/13732

TEDxBodija - an independently organized event

About this event: The event x-rays counter-intuitive thinking which births innovations, disruptions and developments. In this context, culture is but an unchangeable foundation upon which a changeable model of innovations are built. To achieve counter-intuitive thinking, everything must be challenged, from the use of right hand to write to the use of police to ma...
Event details: Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria · December 6, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15642

TEDxIkeja - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxIkeja is designed to tell stimulating yet, native stories and showcase unusual ideas to inspire people to change their lives, their communities, and their world. At TEDxIkeja, our task is not simple. We search, and must find notable people, who offer innovation, enterprise and optimism as antidotes to native challenges. These are the “TEDx ...
Event details: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · October 3, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15975

TEDxOwerri - an independently organized event

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Event details: Owerri, Imo, Nigeria · April 2, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/16235

TEDxOta - an independently organized event

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Event details: Ota, Nigeria · August 18, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/16960

TEDxGbagada - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxGbagada is a newly inaugurated annual conference that aspires to bring together Nigeria’s finest and best scientists, entrepreneurs, professionals and innovators to share ideas that will transform the current state of affairs in the Nation. Our speakers and performers run the Nation’s most admired companies, design its best loved products, ...
Event details: Gbagada, Lagos state., Lagos, Nigeria · September 19, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15203

TEDxUI - an independently organized event

About this event: In a society where 'going with the trend' is fashionable, it takes guts and audacity to stand out and be unique. The speakers will be enlightening the audience on their unique ideas and how their guts singled them out from the crowd. TEDxUI 2017, a special TED licensed event for the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier varsity, themed “Dare ...
Event details: IBADAN, Oyo, Nigeria · July 8, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/22341

TEDxFUTO - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxFUTO was created with a desire to share wonderful stories and insights from our community, develop connections, raise awareness, collaborate, and most importantly, innovate and learn. Our mission is to bring together leading thinkers and doers under one roof to share ideas that matter and to further extend the TED mission of “ideas worth ...
Event details: Ihiagwa, Imo, Nigeria · May 26, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/22450

TEDxUNEnuguCampus - an independently organized event

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Event details: Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria · October 7, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/22501

TEDxCovenantUniversityLive - an independently organized event

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Event details: Ota, Nigeria · April 26, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/23064

TEDxFUNAAB - an independently organized event

About this event: The world is fast moving in a competitive race, it takes the one who can catch up with the pace to enjoy the benefits involved. Techonlogical advancements pointedly reveals that; "the survival is truly for the fittest". New ideas and innovations floods the gateway of knowledge with an irresistible force. Technological revolution has brought abo...
Event details: Abeokuta, Ogun, Nigeria · November 2, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/30459

TEDxPortHarcourt - an independently organized event

About this event: Reframe is reviewing your perspective on issues, because taking a different perspective can lead to stunning breakthroughs.
Event details: Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria · November 16, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/29578

TEDxAjegunleWomen - an independently organized event

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Event details: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · November 2, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/25513
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