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Jan Chipchase: The anthropology of mobile phones

Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase's investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. He's made some unexpected discoveries along the way.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jan_chipchase_the_anthropology_of_mobile_phones

Noeline Kirabo: 2 questions to uncover your passion -- and turn it into a career

What's your passion? Social entrepreneur Noeline Kirabo reflects on her work helping out-of-school young people in Uganda turn their passions into profitable businesses -- and shares the two questions you can ask yourself to begin doing the same.
https://www.ted.com/talks/noeline_kirabo_2_questions_to_uncover_your_passion_and_turn_it_into_a_career

Jared Hill: How I leapt from a responsible "no" to an impassioned "yes"

UPS pilot Jared Hill and his wife had a dream to resettle in Uganda and help families – but it seemed downright foolish. After all, Hill had a good job, house expenses and three children, including one with special needs who was just starting to flourish in his new school. For Hill, like so many people, "no" was the obvious and easy answer, whil...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jared_hill_how_i_leapt_from_a_responsible_no_to_an_impassioned_yes

Andrew Mwenda | TED Speaker

Journalist Andrew Mwenda has spent his career fighting for free speech and economic empowerment throughout Africa. He argues that aid makes objects of the poor -- they become passive recipients of charity rather than active participants in their own economic betterment.
Journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andrew_mwenda

Muthoni Drummer Queen | TED Speaker

Muthoni Drummer Queen's thought-provoking music fuses traditional African drum patterns with modern styles like hip-hop, reggae and blues.
Musician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/muthoni_drummer_queen

Adong Judith | TED Speaker

Adong Judith uses art as a vehicle to drive social change and trains aspiring makers to create art that dares to ask serious questions.
Playwright, filmmaker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/adong_judith

Tara Winkler | TED Speaker

Tara Winkler helps vulnerable children escape poverty and be cared for within their families.
Child protection leader, activist, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tara_winkler

Zachariah Mampilly | TED Speaker

Zachariah Mampilly is an expert on the politics of both violent and non-violent resistance.
Political scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/zachariah_mampilly

Robert Hakiza | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Robert Hakiza is the co-founder of the Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), which empowers refugees and builds community through vocational education, English classes, access to sports and computer literacy skills.
Urban refugee expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_hakiza

TEDxGulu - an independently organized event

About this event: Our event is about innovative ideas and stories of change in Uganda- the power of spreading an idea
Event details: Gulu, Uganda · March 27, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/8710

Noeline Kirabo | TED Speaker

Noeline Kirabo self-educated her way out of the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Now she helps vulnerable youth gain skills to turn their passions into profitable businesses.
Social entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/noeline_kirabo

TEDxKampala - an independently organized event

About this event: On November 23rd, 2009, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web dropped by Kampala, Uganda for our first ever TEDx. The event was facilitated by UNICEF who graciously provided catering, snacks and the venue; and co-organized by the Uganda Linux Users Group. Simply put, the event was incredible! Stephen Boyera of the World Wide Web Fo...
Event details: Kampala, Uganda · November 23, 2009
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/328

How African prisoners are learning to fight for their own rights

British lawyer Alexander McLean's fascination with issues of inequality began at a young age. At 9, he was reading about the Civil Rights movement and the death penalty, fascinated by the power of the law to inflict punishment as well as deal out justice. At 18, he traveled to Uganda to volunteer as a hospice worker, where he saw that while ...
Posted June 3, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/how-african-prisoners-are-learning-to-fight-for-their-own-rights

How can countries help refugees while also raising their GDP? Let them work.

Uganda is an eye-opening example of how displaced people can lift up a nation, say economics professor Paul Collier and refugee researcher Alexander Betts. Uganda hosts more than 500,000 refugees, making it the third-largest host country in Africa (after Ethiopia and Kenya). Its refugees come from a wide variety of unsettled neighboring countri...
Posted September 8, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/how-can-countries-help-refugees-while-also-raising-their-gdp-let-them-work

Natalie Warne | TED Speaker

Natalie Warne did not let being too young stop her from running a successful campaign for the Invisible Children project In this talk, she calls on young people everywhere not to let age stop them from changing the world.
Activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/natalie_warne

Andrew Mwenda on progress in Africa

In 2007, journalist Andrew Mwenda took the stage at TEDGlobal in Arusha, Tanzania, and decried the symptomatic disease affecting his home continent: aid. The surprising take certainly got the goat of some members of the audience, including U2 frontman Bono, who has devoted so much time to promoting the need for African aid and who spoke up from ...
Posted July 18, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/18/since-the-ted-talk-andrew-mwenda-on-progress-in-africa

In Short: An eco-friendly cooking fuel made in Uganda, self-service kiosks for healthcare

Enjoy these fascinating reads from across the internet: A great profile on TED Fellow Sanga Moses, who quit his job as an accountant in Uganda and set out to develop an eco-friendly cooking fuel. Why? So that girls in his country -- for example, his young sister -- wouldn’t have to spend all their time collecting wood and could attend sc...
Posted July 31, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/07/31/in-short-an-eco-friendly-cooking-fuel-made-in-uganda-self-service-kiosks-for-healthcare

Meklit Hadero | TED Speaker

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.
Singer-songwriter
https://www.ted.com/speakers/meklit_hadero

Sue Desmond-Hellmann | TED Speaker

Sue Desmond-Hellmann leads the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s mission to establish equity for every person.
CEO, Gates Foundation
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sue_desmond_hellman

TEDxNakaseroED - an independently organized event

About this event: This event brings together a diverse set of change makers, creating room for all essential stakeholders in the field of education, shaping the future of our children and communities. The conversation contributes to open and innovative ideas in our education system, right from both within and outside schools and classrooms.
Event details: Kampala, Kampala, Uganda · March 26, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/16833

TEDxNakaseroWomen: Invented Here - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxNakaseroWomen is an independently organised event focused on inspiring talks, innovations, experiences and ideas worth spreading.
Event details: Kampala, Central, Uganda · December 6, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9814

TEDxIUEA: TEDxIUEA 20210319 - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxIUEA is the first TEDx event at the International University of East Africa. It will be a day filled with fun, inspiration and a lot of ideas worth spreading!
Event details: Kampala, Kampala, Uganda · March 19, 2021
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/39094

Field, fuel & forest: Fellows Friday with Sanga Moses

When former accountant Sanga Moses ran into his sister on a far-from-home road carrying firewood on what was supposed to be a school day, his life changed. He knew that Uganda's rapidly disappearing forests had big implications for the environment, but he hadn't recognized the day-to-day effect it was having on the lives of his family and vi...
Posted October 4, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/10/04/field-fuel-forest-fellows-friday-with-sanga-moses

TEDxMakerereHill: Creativity and Innovation - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxMakerereHill celebrates the potential for creativity and Innovation in each and every one of us – and a better future for us all. "People in Uganda are creative and innovative. The "do-it-yourself" mentality is strong among our inhabitants together, which results in a large and growing creative class, new enterprises and innovations. With TE...
Event details: Kampala, Central, Uganda · June 8, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9094

Fellows Friday with Rose Shuman

Rose Shuman designed Question Box to spread the benefits of the Internet in the developing world. At the push of a button, villagers could get answers to any query -- from banana plant viruses to HIV/AIDS -- in their local language. Now Rose is building software to scale the model and track callers' question trends in real time. Int...
Posted June 3, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/06/03/fellows-friday-with-rose-shuman

TEDxKids@Kansaga - an independently organized event

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Event details: KAMPALA, Kampala, Uganda · November 20, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/37811

TEDxKansanga - an independently organized event

About this event:
Event details: Kampala, Central, Uganda · August 20, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/10061

TEDxBidibidi: TEDxBidibidi 20200829 - an independently organized event

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Event details: Yumbe, Yumbe, Uganda · February 27, 2021
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/38572

Charmian Gooch | TED Speaker

Charmian Gooch is the 2014 TED Prize winner. At Global Witness, she exposes how a global architecture of corruption is woven into the extraction and exploitation of natural resources.
Anti-corruption activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/charmian_gooch

TEDxYouth@Bukoto: Our Moment - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxYouth@Bukoto is a forum where some of Africa's most dynamic and creative change-makers will share the inspirations that motivates them, explain how they apply their ideas for social good, and articulate their vision for Africa. The event is sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Special Representative to Muslim Communities, t...
Event details: Bukoto, Uganda · December 14, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7379
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