An unnoticed industry worth two trillion dollars a year is influencing almost every carbon emission. Sustainability solution seeker Solitaire Townsend calls this sector the "X industry" (where "X" stands for influence), and it includes professional services like advertising and PR firms, management consultancies, corporate law firms, lobbyists a...

What do we really know about mosquitoes? Fredros Okumu catches and studies these disease-carrying insects for a living -- with the hope of crashing their populations. Join Okumu for a tour of the frontlines of mosquito research, as he details some of the unconventional methods his team at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania have developed t...

Cofounder and chief solutionist of global agency Futerra, Solitaire Townsend argues that the creative industries can’t be neutral in the face of the climate crisis.

The founder of Apopo, Bart Weet­jens, is train­ing rats to detect landmine explosives in minute amounts.

Danielle N. Lee examines the ecology and natural history of nuisance rodents, using hip-hop to share science with broader audiences.

Founder and CEO of myAgro, Anushka Ratnayake and her team work with rural farmers to help them move themselves out of poverty.

Zachariah Mampilly is an expert on the politics of both violent and non-violent resistance.

After working at Microsoft for almost a decade, Patrick Awuah returned home to Ghana and cofounded Ashesi University, a small liberal arts college that aims to educate Africa's next generation of leaders. Its first class of students graduated in 2006.

Amar Inamdar works with businesses and entrepreneurs to imagine, create and grow markets that address our biggest social and environmental challenges.

TED Fellow Su Kahumbu is working to improve farmer livelihoods and contribute to nutritional security and environmental sustainability.

Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-American singer-songwriter living the cultural in-between, both in her own luminous compositions and as a co-founder of the Nile Project.

Rose Goslinga isn’t your typical insurance salesperson. Through the Syngenta Foundation, her team developed insurance solutions to assist small-scale farmers in Africa, to safeguard their crops in case of droughts.

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About this event: As the world is rapidly changing, Tanzania is changing with it. These changes occurring all over the world give birth to different gaps in different sectors and they affect our communities in various ways. Gaps can be in different kinds in our communities, for instance, educational gap, employment gap, technology gap, talent gap, economic gap, g...

About this event: TEDxEUSTON continued the conversations started at TED GLOBAL in Arusha, Tanzania. Exploring the issues that matter to Africa and Africans. We stayed true to the spirit of the TED conference, hosting fascinating thinkers and doers

Wanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa.

About this event: The TEDxDar Conference is intended to begin a process of public engagement and exchange of ideas in relation to innovation, society, culture, arts- a wide range of interdisciplinary issues that pertain to Tanzania at a local and global level. The forum is based on the belief in active discourse and public engagement in reaction to institutional ...

TED Fellow Walé Oyéjidé combats bias with creative storytelling.

Nabila Alibhai leads inCOMMONS, a new cultural production lab focused on invigorating public spaces and inspiring collective responsibility for our cultural and environmental heritage.

About this event: “Who Killed Zinjanthropus?” With Tanzania approaching its 50 years jubilee of independence, we are using Zinjanthropus – a fossil of early man discovered in Tanzania – as a metaphor for revered history and evolution as we attempt to navigate the clung-to and forsaken past as well as the future we appear to be striving for. We invite you to he...

About this event: TEDxYouth@Msasani is an independently organized, youth-centered TEDx event and will be happening for the first time in early 2017. In doing this, we hope to bring together and share ideas between all youth in Tanzania. The theme for our event is 'Creating Reality'.

About this event: Our event was an hour-long school assembly. We had two speakers there: Kit Mellott, a woman who worked with orphaned children in Tanzania, and Brian Hillestad, who grows and sells hydroponic vegetables with a staff of veterans. We shared TED videos by Hannah Brencher, the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, and Joe Smith. All of our friends use the paper tow...

Timothy Ihrig advocates for an approach to healthcare that prioritizes a patient's personal values.

About this event: TEDxIlala is an independently organized TEDx event and will be happening for the first time in 2015. Our aim is to bring people together and share ideas in the heart of the city of Dar es Salaam. The theme for our event will be Yes, In My Lifetime. TEDxIlala ni tukio la TEDx lililoandaliwa na watu binafsi na litafanyika kwa mara ya kwanza hapa ...

About this event: We were bounded only by the earth and the ocean and the sky. Despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. Testaments of this are our unimaginable technical marvels and unfathomable pieces of art and wisdom. We have come so far and are yet farther to come. What brought us this far is our faith in each other and i...

About this event: A world where everyone is independent of their own thoughts, ideas, perspectives and beliefs- we believe that we are more similar than different. We believe everyone relates to another person in some way or another. Hence, that connection relates to our theme, Building Bridges.

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About this event: TEDxMajengo aims to spark curiosity, open minds, and bring together unexpected connections leading to new community-centric initiatives, collaborations, or movements in Arusha. The event will generate networking, interacting and linking between 100 attendees from a range of backgrounds and professions. Of these attendees, 25 fully subsidized tic...

About this event: TEDxYouth@Upanga is hosted by the International School of Tanganyika for the past 3 years. It is organized by a group of dedicated high school students. The event will bring together youth from around the Dar es Salaam community under one roof to share ideas and explore different perspectives of the theme Breaking Boundaries.