Earlier this year, I was one of the 100 lucky people from Africa to be awarded a fellowship to attend the TED Global 2007 Conference to be held in Arusha, Tanzania. The fellowships are sponsored by Google, AMD and GE.
TEDGlobal Conference is a sister conference to TED (Technology Entertainment Design) Conference that is held in different countries every other year. This year's conference, titled "Africa: The Next Chapter", is the second one after one that was held in Oxford, England in 2005.
So I'll heading to Tanzania this Sunday for this conference. While there, I'll be privileged to talk about how we at Baobab Health Partnership are tackling various problems in the delivery of health care in Malawi with carefully engineered technology solutions.
Looking forward to meeting and sharing with innovators from Africa and beyond!
Saturday, June 02, 2007
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Congratulations Soyapi - I've watched a lot of the presentations from TED and there's always some fascinating stuff. I'm sure people will be keen to hear about Baobab's work!
I really enjoyed reading your article!
Check out the School of St Jude while you are in Arusha. It is one of the best development projects in Africa.
The driving force is the passionate and talented Gemma Sisia, who has the vision to open a network of excellent schools in East Africa, for bright children from the poorest families.
In only five years she has built fundraising networks that gave an income of $1m last year, and she is already building her second campus.
Follow the brightly coloured school buses to the school at Moshono, 5km out of Arusha. Or visit my blog... www.schoolstjude.blogspot.com.
Gillian
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