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• Neil Turok: 2008 TED PRIZE

  Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved of opportunity: by unlocking and nurturing the continent's creative potential, we can create a change in Africa's future. Turok asks the TED community to Read More...
  Posted Saturday, March 22, 2008 4:31 AM by Veritas / 0 Comments

  Tags: Science, einstein, africa, TEDtalks, mathematics, turok

• Battling Malaria

  This is the untold story of how the global racket in fake drugs turned an easily curable disease into Africa’s biggest child killer. According to leading scientists, millions of children could have been saved if the pharmaceutical industry and World Health Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:09 PM by Veritas / 0 Comments

  Tags: medicine, africa, WHO, drugs, malaria

• Euvin Naidoo on investing in Africa

  In the talk that opened TEDGlobal 2007 ("Africa: The Next Chapter"), South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo sets the scene, framing the conversation that would unfold over the four-day event. "What's the worst thing you've heard about Africa?" he Read More...
  Posted Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:39 AM by Veritas / 0 Comments

  Tags: TED, africa, investment, naidoo

• George Ayittey: Africa's Future

  This grab-you-by-the-throat speech by Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes an almost breathtaking torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders and the complacency that allows them to thrive. These "Hippos" (lazy, slow, ornery) have ruined Read More...
  Posted Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:10 AM by Veritas / 0 Comments

  Tags: TED, ayittey, government, corrupt, reform, economy, africa