CALL TO ACTION ON THE MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS:
Ban Ki-moon, Jose Manuel Barroso, Bono, John T. Chambers, William H. Gates
III, Stefan Oschmann, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua with Gordon Brown
In the talk that opened TEDGlobal 2007 ("Africa: The Next
Chapter"), South African investment banker Euvin
Naidoo sets the scene, framing the conversation that would unfold
over the four-day event. "What's the worst thing you've heard about
Africa?" he asks. After fielding call-outs of "famine,"
"war," "corruption," he urges the audience to move
past these preconceptions -- and offers a compelling picture of a
continent on the cusp of enormous change.
As president of the South African Chamber of Commerce - America,
Euvin Naidoo works with leading corporations and governments to
strengthen trans-Atlantic economic ties. Read
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Iqbal Quadir: The power of the
mobile phone to end poverty
Why does poverty still exist despite decades of
development aid? In this talk, Iqbal
Quadir explains why "aid does damages: because it empowers
authorities instead of people," and advocates a new approach to
development from below, "by the people for the people." His
own experience as a child in Bangladesh and later a banker in New York
brought him to realize that "connectivity is productivity" --
and that a simple cell phone has enormous power. Now his telecom
company, GrameenPhone, offers service to most of rural Bangladesh,
creating new opportunities by connecting villages to the world.
About Iqbal Quadir
Iqbal Quadir is an advocate of business as a
humanitarian tool. With GrameenPhone, he brought the... Read
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