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Rethinking Philanthropy with John Deasy, facilitated by Tokunboh Ishmael: An Extract.
“You have to be persistent if you are going to get a breakthrough. And social dilemmas, you’ve got to be very mindful that it takes a long time, with frequent missteps. But if you walk away from that you actually…

Cracking The Malaria Code, with Dr. Ally Olotu and Dr Adrian Hill: An Extract
Last year, there wasn’t a deployed malaria vaccine in Africa. This year, there are two. This is probably the most revolutionary development in our lifetimes, and yet, for many of us, it’s a story we mostly missed. And it’s an…

The Frontiers of Innovation, with Daré Okoudjou and Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede: An Extract
At our 2024 festival, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, a banker, investor, and philanthropist, sat down with Daré Okoudjou, founder and CEO of Onafriq – the largest digital payments network in Africa, to discuss innovation, entrepreneurship, and financing across the continent.

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‘The Lives of Wole Soyinka’
‘The Lives of Wole Soyinka’ – The Nobel Prize Laureate engages in dialogue with novelist, Okey Ndibe at the Africa In the World festival that took place in Stellenbosch, South Africa in September 2023.

How Societies Heal—A Lesson From Rwanda
We go back and revisit the wounds we have…using art as a tool or as a weapon to reconstruct what was destroyed. Hope Azeda, Rwandan Playwright

John E Deasy
You begin to build an energy that you can lift ideas out of here and actually put them into action at home. Dr. John E. Deasy, President, Bezos Family Foundation

Navyn Salem on Conquering Extreme Child Malnutrition
A wise person once told me there are many problems in this world that we can’t solve, and malnutrition isn’t one of them. Navyn Salem, Founder, Edesia Nutrition

The composer Neo Muyanga considers ‘Amazing Grace.’
I wanted to interpolate intro this piece… evidence of facts, realities, histories that have been occluded or forgotten. Neo Muyanga, Composer, Musician and Librettist

Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, chancellor of the University of Johannesburg and former deputy president of South Africa, speaks on public education as our last, best chance. She is joined by Dr. John Deasy, president of the Bezos Foundation and former superintendent…