http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke TEDx Nairobi | Ideas Worth Sharing Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:54:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dambisa Moyo speaks at TEDx Brussels about why the aid paradigm simply does not work. http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=100 Twitterbility of the Developing World http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=97 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="308" caption="Nyokabi Musila talking at TEDx Nairobi"][/caption] “We as scientists, are trying to create solutions for human problems,” Musila Nyokabi, medical practitioner and technology evangelist said. She realized that as a child she loved science, more so biological science which seemed to explain the mysteries of life in ... http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=91 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Paula Kahumbu speaking at TEDx Nairobi"][/caption] A self-confessed tree hugger, Paula Kahumbu opened by reminding us how extraordinarily privileged Kenya is as a country as far as diversity is concerned, and how most times, it's taken for granted by Kenyans themselves. By demonstration when she asked to ... http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=87 Kwame Nyong’o made a compelling case for Africans to invest more in the animation inductry in Africa. Actually the figures speak for themselves: The worldwide animation industry is estimated to be worth at least $45 billion currently. Animation is one of the fasted growing industries in the world, earning Japan more than ... http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=78 Boniface Mwangi speaking at the inaugural TEDx Nairobi at Upper Hill on the 8th of August, 2009. How would you want to leave Kenya for the next generation? This is the inherent question that CNN’s African Photojournalist of the Year, Boniface Mwangi seeks to address in his work. In 2007, Mwangi covered ... http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=73 Without doubt he stands alone as being Kenya’s first ever celebrity investment banker. The  author of the book  “Any One Can Be Rich,” a regular columnist on several publications and owner of the  website www.rich .co.ke where thousands of  Kenyans rely on his analysis to make informed descisions about the ... http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=68 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Tonee doing his 'thing' at TEDxNaiorbi"][/caption] TED is all about stories and interesting experiences. At TEDxNairobi we were privileged to have some of Nairobi’s most inspiring storytellers. One of these was a skinny, ‘long’, funny, puny and witty gentleman called Tonee Ndungu and believe it or not ... http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=62 South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo explains why investing in Africa can make great business sense. http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=36 We promised Nairobi an ‘idea storm’ and a hurricane was produced instead and that is probably why this post is rather untimely. We are all still reflecting and making sense of the ‘brew’ that was formed. It was all over the place,  like an ‘Alphabet Soup’ of the NSE; Nairobi ... http://www.tedxnairobi.co.ke/?p=29