(NOTE: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim stepped down as president of Mauritius in March 2018, following accusations that she misused a credit card given to her by a nonprofit. Read "Criticisms & Updates" below for more details.) Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was an academic and entrepreneur before being appointed president of Mauritius -- the first Muslim female h...

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was a university professor and entrepreneur before her election as the first female Head of State of Mauritius.

(NOTE: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim stepped down as president of Mauritius in March 2018, following accusations that she misused a credit card given to her by a nonprofit. Read "Criticisms & Updates" below for more details.) In this intriguing talk, biologist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim introduces us to rare plant species from isolated islands and regions of...

(Editor's note, as of Nov. 1, 2019: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim stepped down as president of Mauritius in March 2018, following accusations that she misused a credit card given to her by a nonprofit. Read more here.) You’ve heard of a philosopher king. But what about a biologist president? Ameenah Gurib-Fakim — the biologist who gave the TED T...

About this event: ‘Food for thought’ is defined as anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking, intellectual nourishment, and cognitive content. The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered or learned. It is about learning and grasping new information that you never thought was easy to understand or important to know. About enabling you to...

About this event: TEDxPlainesWilhemsLive brings TED2017 live (within 12 hours) straight from Vancouver, Canada. The first ever TED conference livestream in Mauritius. We will be streaming one session from TED2017 titled 'Tales of Tomorrow'.

About this event: TEDxYouth@LesSalines brings together a line-up of speakers, performers, and Mauritius' inquisitive young minds in the spirit of "ideas worth spreading". The vision: inspiring curiosity, igniting new ideas, and empowering young leaders.

About this event: Disruptive ideas that will challenge conventional perceptions and uncover unusual approach to creating a better future.

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About this event: Our world is dynamic and ever changing. We can make it as open and fulfilling as we choose to make it. It starts with the world with us, as individuals - our emotions, aspirations, desires, health & well-being. And we can expand it to include our families, communities, societies, cities, country, environment, nature or our entire planet -...

About this event: TEDxALC 2019 is a nonprofit event devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks focused on Technology, Business, Entertainment, Design and Conservation in the African and Mauritian Context. Our theme for this year is "Adapting to Shifting times" so expect all the talks to showcase techniques, methods and experiences in...

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About this event: Unexplored, un-mapped, un-investigated. To go where few have gone before. After 50 years of independence there is a lot to be proud of. We gift you some of those reasons and invite you to open your hearts and minds. We have attempted to present ideas unexplored in detail before, challenged the unchallenged, a fresh perspective, or a story n...

About this event: TEDxYouth@LBIS is bringing, for the very first time, a TEDx experience to Le Bocage! As a completely student-organised event we aim to to inspire and give a stage to the youth of Le Bocage through our selection of TEDTalks videos, combined with live speakers to spark deep discussion and connection. We look to engage the entirety of the school co...

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The speakers in this session can't be contained in a cubicle or desk chair. These bold thinkers -- from an activist surfacing human rights on video to a scientist uncovering the biodiversity of her island nation -- do their work out in the world, surfacing fresh insights as they go. The speakers who’ll appear in this session: Ameenah Gur...

TED Talks are available in 102 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer translators. So far, more than 10,000 volunteers have created nearly 45,000 talk translations — and today, the TED Blog brings you a Q&A with one of them. Here, meet French and Urdu translator Shadia Ramsahye. 1.     Where d...

TEDGlobal 2017 kicks off August 27–30, 2017, in Arusha, Tanzania. Ten years after the last TEDGlobal in Arusha, we'll again gather a community from across the continent and around the world to explore ideas that may propel Africa's next leap — in business, politics and justice, creativity and entrepreneurship, science and tech. Today, we're t...

By Krystian Aparta When Kazakh journalist Asqat Yerkimbay learned about TED’s Open Translation Project, he realized it could be instrumental in reviving his native tongue. Under Soviet rule, communicating in Kazakh became viewed as a sign of ignorance, and although it regained its standing as the national language after Kazakhstan declare...

The theme of Session 4 is Field Work -- and we're hearing from people who get outside, who work in the field and hear what's really going on. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is a professor at the University of Mauritius, and she’s here this morning to show us five plants unique to where she works and lives: the Mascarene Islands. She introduces us to...

How can you protect crops against global warming? One answer: find the secrets of plants that already thrive in the most punishing climates, says microbiologist Rusty Rodriguez. When we visualize how climate change will affect our world, many of us picture melting glaciers, waterlogged streets, blistering heat, dried-up lakes and reservoirs, an...

It’s the last session, can you believe it? This is the part where we declare our intent to take all we have learned and proceed with purpose to change the world. But first, a few big statements from inspiring speakers to wind us up -- the kind of statements that will send us out in fighting shape, ready to take on any challenge. Ladies an...

Myshkin Ingawale (watch his TED Talk) grew up observing his mother provide healthcare to people in need. Now, with his team at Biosense, he's invented the ToucHb, a low-cost, needle-free portable device that tests pregnant women in remote rural areas for anemia -- a preventable yet major cause of death in childbirth around the world. Why is a...

Today, TED is thrilled to announce the 25 new members of 2012's TED Fellows class and 12 new Senior Fellows. A Lebanese open-source hardware inventor, a French computational architect and the founder of Skillshare.com are among 25 members of 2012's class of new TED Fellows. Twelve new Senior Fellows from seven countries, selected for two mor...