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13:19
Kamau Gachigi
Success stories from Kenya's first makerspace
12:57
Christian Benimana
The next generation of African architects and designers
7:34
Anjan Sundaram
Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre
5:10
Wanuri Kahiu
Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
22:12
Jim Yong Kim
Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life?
8:50
Laolu Senbanjo
"The Sacred Art of the Ori"
20:30
Raj Panjabi
No one should die because they live too far from a doctor
9:06
Sangu Delle
There's no shame in taking care of your mental health
6:26
Stephanie Busari
How fake news does real harm
8:29
Sitawa Wafula
Why I speak up about living with epilepsy
10:51
Emtithal Mahmoud
A young poet tells the story of Darfur
11:51
Charity Wayua
A few ways to fix a government
12:46
Sisonke Msimang
If a story moves you, act on it
15:37
Ian Bremmer
How the US should use its superpower status
15:23
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
How Africa can keep rising
14:18
Sue Desmond-Hellmann
A smarter, more precise way to think about public health
12:36
Stephen Wilkes
The passing of time, caught in a single photo
14:22
Siyanda Mohutsiwa
How young Africans found a voice on Twitter
15:38
Michael Murphy
Architecture that's built to heal
13:14
Andrew Youn
3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty
4:19
Sanford Biggers
An artist's unflinching look at racial violence
13:56
Jill Farrant
How we can make crops survive without water
16:40
Lindiwe Mazibuko
Why the African diaspora is crucial to the continent's future
13:49
Mary Bassett
Why your doctor should care about social justice
13:34
Samantha Nutt
The real harm of the global arms trade
10:07
Eric Mibuari
Can credit scores be determined by cellphone data?
9:11
Kala Fleming
Easing water scarcity by understanding when and where it flows
11:28
Mathieu Lamiaux
Imagining a new future for health systems in Africa
9:37
Pardis Sabeti
How we'll fight the next deadly virus
7:17
Achenyo Idachaba
How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business
3:39
Jessica Smith
Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived
5:23
Anthony Hazard
The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you
11:44
Alexander McLean
Restoring hope and dignity to the justice system
13:26
Fred Swaniker
The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
18:40
Khadija Gbla
My mother’s strange definition of empowerment
5:53
Sangu Delle
In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
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