👁Want to help Africa? Do business here
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👣We know the negative images of Africa -- famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But, says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, there's another, less-told story happening in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business opportunity.
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👁Is your country at risk of becoming a dictatorship? Here's how to know
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👣Farida Nabourema has dedicated her life to fighting the military regime in Togo, Africa's oldest autocracy. She's learned two truths along the way: no country is destined to be oppressed -- and no country is immune to dictatorship. But how can you tell if you're at risk before it happens? In a stirring talk, Nabourema shares the four key signs of a dictatorship, along with the secret to defiance for those living within an oppressive system.
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👁3 ways to uproot a culture of corruption
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👣Corruption is a constant threat in Kenya, says social entrepreneur Wanjira Mathai -- and to stop it there (or anywhere else), we need to intervene early. Following the legacy of her mother, political activist and Nobel Prize recipient Wangari Maathai, Mathai shares three strategies to uproot a culture of corruption by teaching children and young people about leadership, purpose and integrity.
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👁A dose of reality about generic drugs
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English

👣Investigative journalist Katherine Eban set out to report on a seemingly straightforward question: Are generic drugs really identical to their brand-name counterparts? The answer sparked a decade of interviews, meetings with whistleblowers, on-the-ground reporting across four continents and digging into confidential FDA documents. In this alarming talk, she takes us inside overseas manufacturing plants and exposes the fraud behind many low-cost generic medicines.
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👁Africa is a sleeping giant -- I'm trying to wake it up
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👣\"Africa is like a sleeping giant,\" says journalist and satirist Adeola Fayehun at the beginning of this hilarious, incisive talk. \"The truth is I am trying to wake up this giant. That's why I air the dirty laundry of those in charge.\" Follow along as she roasts corrupt African officials and shows why the continent already has all it needs to take its rightful place on the world stage -- if only leaders would start taking responsibility.
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👁How whistle-blowers shape history
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👣Fraud researcher and documentary filmmaker Kelly Richmond Pope shares lessons from some of the most high-profile whistle-blowers of the past, explaining how they've shared information that has shaped society -- and why they need our trust and protection.
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👁How to be an upstander instead of a bystander
🧠Angélique Parisot-Potter
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👣If you see something wrong in the workplace, what should you do? Business leader Angélique Parisot-Potter says you should speak up, even when it's scary. Sharing her personal experience of voicing concerns at work, she offers three lessons on standing up for what's right.
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👁Africa is a sleeping giant -- I'm trying to wake it up
🧠Adeola Fayehun
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣"Africa is like a sleeping giant," says journalist and satirist Adeola Fayehun at the beginning of this hilarious, incisive talk. "The truth is I am trying to wake up this giant. That's why I air the dirty laundry of those in charge." Follow along as she roasts corrupt African officials and shows why the continent already has all it needs to take its rightful place on the world stage -- if only leaders would start taking responsibility.
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👁A dose of reality about generic drugs
🧠Katherine Eban
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Investigative journalist Katherine Eban set out to report on a seemingly straightforward question: Are generic drugs really identical to their brand-name counterparts? The answer sparked a decade of interviews, meetings with whistleblowers, on-the-ground reporting across four continents and digging into confidential FDA documents. In this alarming talk, she takes us inside overseas manufacturing plants and exposes the fraud behind many low-cost generic medicines.
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👁The true cost of gold
🧠Lyla Latif
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👣In 2020, Mali produced over 71 tons of gold— an amount worth billions of dollars. But Mali saw only $850 million dollars from that gold. And this situation isn't unique: a number of other gold-rich countries in Africa aren't seeing the income they should given the price of gold. So, what's going on? Lyla Latif digs into how foreign corporations exploit African nations for their resources. [Directed by Jeffig Le Bars, Jet Propulsion, narrated by Karen Marie, music by André Aires].
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