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Jacqueline Novogratz: Tacking Poverty with "Patient Capital": TEDGlobal 2007 Video

Jacqueline Novogratz

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 revealing personal stories, is "patient capital": support for "bottom of the pyramid" businesses which the commercial market alone couldn't provide. The result: sustainable jobs, goods, services -- and dignity -- for the world's poorest.

 

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Chris Abani: Learning the Stories of Africa: TEDGlobal 2007 Video

Chris Abani

The spirit of Africa cannot be easily grasped. Nigerian poet and novelist Chris Abani attempts to do so through poetry and stories, including his own story of artistic and political awakening, which began with an inventive teacher who taught him the forbidden history of his own people. How, he asks, can we reconcile stories of terror, war and corruption with one's enduring sense of wonder?

 

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Patrick Awuah: Educating a New Generation of African Leaders: TEDGlobal 2007 Video

Patrick Awuah

Patrick Awuah left a comfortable life in Seattle and returned to Ghana to co-found a liberal arts college. Why? Because he believes that Ghana's failures in leadership -- and he gives several mind-boggling examples -- stem from a university system that fails to train real leaders. He explains how a true liberal arts education -- steeped in critical thinking, idealism, and public service -- can produce the quick-thinking, ethical leaders needed to move his country forward.

 

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John Doerr: The Promise and Profits of Greentech: TED 2007 Video

John Doerr

"I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. Recently his daughter demanded he fix the mess the world is heading for. So he and his partners at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers embarked on a greentech world tour -- surveying the state of the art, from the ethanol revolution in Brazil to Wal-mart's (!) eco-concept store in Bentonville, Arkansas. KPCB is investing $200 million in green technologies to save the planet -- profitably. But, Doerr fears, it may not be enough.

 

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William Kamkwamba: How I Built My Family a Windmill: TEDGlobal 2007 Video

William Kamkwamba

When he was just 14 years old, Malawian

inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an

electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working

from rough plans he found in a library book. In conversation

with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Kamkwamba, now 19, tells a

moving story of ingenuity and adaptation, and shares his

dreams for the future.

 

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William Kamkwamba: How I Built My Family a Windmill: TEDGlobal 2007 Video

William Kamkwamba

When he was just 14 years old, Malawian

inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an

electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working

from rough plans he found in a library book. In conversation

with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Kamkwamba, now 19, tells a

moving story of ingenuity and adaptation, and shares his

dreams for the future.

 

Read more

John Doerr: The Promise and Profits of Greentech: TED 2007 Video

John Doerr

"I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. Recently his daughter demanded he fix the mess the world is heading for. So he and his partners at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers embarked on a greentech world tour -- surveying the state of the art, from the ethanol revolution in Brazil to Wal-mart's (!) eco-concept store in Bentonville, Arkansas. KPCB is investing $200 million in green technologies to save the planet -- profitably. But, Doerr fears, it may not be enough.

 

Read more

Patrick Awuah: Educating a New Generation of African Leaders: TEDGlobal 2007 Video

Patrick Awuah

Patrick Awuah left a comfortable life in Seattle and returned to Ghana to co-found a liberal arts college. Why? Because he believes that Ghana's failures in leadership -- and he gives several mind-boggling examples -- stem from a university system that fails to train real leaders. He explains how a true liberal arts education -- steeped in critical thinking, idealism, and public service -- can produce the quick-thinking, ethical leaders needed to move his country forward.

 

Read more

Chris Abani: Learning the Stories of Africa: TEDGlobal 2007 Video

Chris Abani

The spirit of Africa cannot be easily grasped. Nigerian poet and novelist Chris Abani attempts to do so through poetry and stories, including his own story of artistic and political awakening, which began with an inventive teacher who taught him the forbidden history of his own people. How, he asks, can we reconcile stories of terror, war and corruption with one's enduring sense of wonder?

 

Read more

Jacqueline Novogratz: Tacking Poverty with "Patient Capital": TEDGlobal 2007 Video

Jacqueline Novogratz

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 revealing personal stories, is "patient capital": support for "bottom of the pyramid" businesses which the commercial market alone couldn't provide. The result: sustainable jobs, goods, services -- and dignity -- for the world's poorest.

 

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