Young Malawi inventor William Kamkwamba built an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans hefound in a library book. In conversation with TED Cur...
This grab-you-by the throat speech by Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes an almost breathtaking torrent of controlled angertoward Africa's corrupt leaders & the complacent...
Jacqueline Novogratz is pioneering new ways of tackling poverty. In her view, traditional charity rarely delivers lasting results. Her solution, outlined here through a series of r...
In this provocative talk, journalist Andrew Mwenda asks us to reframe the "African question" -- to look beyond the media's stories of poverty, civil war & helplessness & see the op...
Economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. Her plan would create wealth, minimize risk for farmers & turn the wor...
While in Asia in 2007, TEDster Paul Koontz got the priceless chance to spend a few days in North Korea. He brought his two kids -- & his camera, capturing both quotidian detail (li...
Negative images of Africa dominate the news: famine & disease, conflict & corruption. But Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister of Nigeria & now a director of the World ...