
TED speakers —
Olutimehin AdegbeyeForced evictions along the Lagos lagoon
Nigeria/US

Christian Benimana
Designing for Africa's explosive growth
Rwanda
Designing for Africa's explosive growth
Rwanda

Alsarah & the Nubatones,
Performer
Sudan/US
Performer
Sudan/US

Chris Sheldrick
New Age Cartographer
UK
New Age Cartographer
UK

Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo
African Languages
UK/Nigeria
African Languages
UK/Nigeria

TED speakers —
Zachariah MampillyAfricanization of Global Politics

Touria El Glaoui
Art Entrepreneur
Morocco
Art Entrepreneur
Morocco

Fredros Okumu
Ecological Scientist
Tanzania
Ecological Scientist
Tanzania

Thandiswa Mazwai
Music
South Africa
Music
South Africa

Washington Wachira
Birds in Kenya
Kenya/US
Birds in Kenya
Kenya/US

Tania Douglas
Medical imaging
South Africa
Medical imaging
South Africa

Vivek Maru
Legal empowerment
US
Legal empowerment
US

Sethembile Msezane
Performance art and activism
South Africa
Performance art and activism
South Africa

DK Osseo Asare
Indigenous design
Ghana/US
Indigenous design
Ghana/US

Sara Menker
Agricultural market intelligence
Ethiopia/US
Agricultural market intelligence
Ethiopia/US

George Steinmetz
Aerial Photographer
US
Aerial Photographer
US

Robert Neuwirth
Strength of traditional business
US
Strength of traditional business
US

Chika Ezeanya Esiobu
Traditional institutes solving problems
Nigeria
Traditional institutes solving problems
Nigeria

Dayo Ogunyemi
Cultural production
Nigeria/US
Cultural production
Nigeria/US

Ghada Wali
Designing a better way to teach Arabic
Egypt
Designing a better way to teach Arabic
Egypt

Qudus Onikeku
Talk/performance. Dancer/promoting culture
Nigeria/France
Talk/performance. Dancer/promoting culture
Nigeria/France

Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
Book Publisher
Nigeria/UK
Book Publisher
Nigeria/UK

Pierre Thiam
History of African food
Senegal/US
History of African food
Senegal/US

Reeta Roy
Pan African Education & Entrepreneurship
US
Pan African Education & Entrepreneurship
US

Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda
Rwanda
President of Rwanda
Rwanda

Nabila Alibhai
Cultural curator, peace builder
Kenya
Cultural curator, peace builder
Kenya

Oshiorenoya Agabi
AI and biology
Nigeria/US
AI and biology
Nigeria/US

Ndidi Nwuneli
Scaling philanthropy
Nigeria/US
Scaling philanthropy
Nigeria/US

Olufemi Taiwo
Historian / philosopher
Nigeria/US
Historian / philosopher
Nigeria/US

Nnedi Okorafor
African Science Fiction
Nigeria/US
African Science Fiction
Nigeria/US

Leo Igwe
Fighting superstition
Nigeria/Germany
Fighting superstition
Nigeria/Germany

Kisilu Musya
Climate change
Kenya
Climate change
Kenya

Kingsley Moghalu
Industrialization
Nigeria/US
Industrialization
Nigeria/US

Ike Ude
Art/photography
Nigeria/US
Art/photography
Nigeria/US

Keller Rinaudo
Drone Ports
US
Drone Ports
US

Kamau Gachigi
Prototyping maker
Kenya
Prototyping maker
Kenya

Joel Jackson
Automobile Manufacturing
UK
Automobile Manufacturing
UK

Gus Casely Hayford
African history and relevance
Ghana/UK
African history and relevance
Ghana/UK