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Day Two in Quotes [TEDGlobal 2007]

“Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth” — Acumen Fund CEO/Founder Jacqueline Novogratz “What we call governments a...

Jun 6, 2007
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TEDGlobal 2007 Session 6: Listening to Nature

The day’s journey continued with anthropologist and geneticist Spencer Wells, who had us riveted with details of the Genographic Proje...

Jun 6, 2007
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TEDGlobal 2007 Session 5: The Risk Takers

It’s a theme that’s emerged throughout the conference: Identifying unmet needs in under-served markets can pay back in spades. A...

Jun 6, 2007
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[TEDGlobal 2007] Session 4: Emergent Design

To understand Africa’s technological future, TEDGlobal Program Director Emeka Okafor calls Russell Southwood to the stage. Publisher o...

Jun 6, 2007
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TEDGlobal 2007 Session 3: The Marketplace

So much of the new Africa centers around the marketplace, broadly defined: the connection points that enable commerce, community, communicat...

Jun 5, 2007
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BumpTop demo from TED2007, now on TED.com

Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop, a fresh user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a glorious, 3D extreme. In this physics-dr...

Jun 5, 2007
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Bono vs. Mwenda: Around the blogs

On the first day of the conference, the discussion between Andrew Mwenda and Bono electrified the audience and those following the conferenc...

Jun 5, 2007
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Preconference tours show TEDGlobal bloggers the new Africa

Before the official start of TEDGlobal 2007, some attendees joined us for preconference tours, to get a visceral experience of the new Afric...

Jun 5, 2007
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TEDGlobal bloggers on the scene in Arusha

Aside from posting great coverage of the sessions and speakers at TEDGlobal 2007, the conference’s many bloggers offer a glimpse of co...

Jun 5, 2007
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