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Theme: Agents of Change

This event occurred on
December 17, 2022
Accra, Greater Accra
Ghana

After last year’s theme, Forces That Unite, the 2022 theme is Agents of Change.

The platform will continue to highlight Africans on the continent and in the diaspora that exemplify the theme and what TED stands for, including bringing together voices that are heralding change and impacting the African continent and her people.

University of Ghana - Cedi Conference Centre
Legon Campus
Cedi Conference Centre
Accra, Greater Accra, MR26+JM Accra, Ghana
Ghana
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Speakers

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Del Titus Bawuah

Founder - Ghana Unity DAO
Del Titus Bawuah is a Web 3 entrepreneur with a background originally in real estate and fundraising for alternative early-stage Uk based tech start-ups. Now a founder of a decentralized community building platform called Web 3 Accra (W3A) and a Decentralised Autonomous Fund (D.A.O) with additional business interests within sanitation & cultural impact.

Jabari Hall

CEO at JHASHEART
Jabari Hall is a servant in the education space (& Kingdom) He serves as a Keynote and facilitates five different Staff PD Seminars on Implementing Social Emotional Learning, Diversity & Equity, "I-CARE," GOAL setting, and Leadership and Effective Organizational Leadership in schools and organizations. Also, he is known as the Founder of JHASHEART, an organization providing its Social and Emotional Learning Framework for K-12 scholars to schools across the US.

Michelle Sam

Ghanaian-American writer, actress, and filmmaker
Michelle Sam is a writer, award-winning filmmaker, actress, and multimedia artist. Her parents are Ghanaian immigrants, and she was raised in Ireland, the UK, and various U.S. states. Her work often explores the intersection of identities and stories in a visceral manner. She wrote for Jason Katims' show on Amazon, As We See It, based on the Israeli show On The Spectrum about neurodiversity and Hardly Working on Paramount Plus. She has won various awards for her short films, Missed Connections (KweliTV, CFMDC, audience award at TranScreen Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival, and collaborated with the GLAAD Transgender Media Equality Program) and wrote Black Boy Joy (streaming on HBO Max) which received an NAACP Image Award.

Organizing team

Kojo 'Terry'
Oppong

Accra, Ghana
Organizer

Ama
Owusu-Agyemang

Co-organizer
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    Curation