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The 19th and 20th of March 2021 will go down in IUEA’s history as the days we carved milestones in our growth journey as a University. We brought the world to IUEA. We hosted the world-famous TEDxTalks with speakers sparking deep and passion-filled conversations along with the scopes of science, life experiences, robotics, cryptocurrencies, gorilla conservation, gender and racial stereotypes and careers.

About TEDx

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection.

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today's leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED's annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman. TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the TED Translators Program, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
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THE SPEAKERs

Dr Daniel Masaba

Dr Daniel Masaba

Medical Doctor, Poultry Farmer

Idea: From Medical Doctor to chicken Farmer

“I do vaguely remember what I wanted to be when I grow up: a pilot. Of course, I didn’t become one but I didn’t fall so far either. I ended up becoming a medical doctor.”

After learning that medical doctors in Uganda did not earn as much as other doctors elsewhere around the world, I decided to look in another direction. And, I have never regretted it since.

Dr Emeka Akaezuwa

Dr Emeka Akaezuwa

Vice Chancellor IUEA

Idea: The future of innovation and Education in Africa

“Africa is one of the richest continents in the world but also has the poorest people in the world.

We need to rethink our education system. When we rethink it, we must start with the purpose of our education system. Not by copying Cambridge, not by copying Oxford, not by copying MIT blindly.”

Ms Lucrezia Biteete

Ms Lucrezia Biteete

Strategic Advisor Refractory

Idea: Why is building confidence key for digital transformation?

“Digital transformation is really about learning new skills. it’s about skills and tools that we use to interact with the world around us. 

And those skills and tools keep changing, And in technology, they change at a very very rapid pace”

Ms Biteete tells of how training youth with confidence embedded in their learning is important for digital transformation.

Mr Micheal Kiberu Nagenda

Mr Micheal Kiberu Nagenda

CEO KIPYA bit2Big

Idea: The future of crypto is in Africa

We are looking into the 4th Industrial technology about the latest smart technology. The future of currency is digital. And the future of cryptocurrency is in Africa.

Mr Raymond Malinga

Mr Raymond Malinga

Executive Director Creatures Animation

Idea: The spirit of the Africa Animation Industry

“Several years ago, I dropped out of university… It was to change from computer science in Uganda to go to do animation in Malaysia. With all the awards and fame, the money still wasn’t quite coming in the way it was supposed to.”

Miss Patience Ankunda

Miss Patience Ankunda

Founder AfrocanFit

Idea: Changing career paths

“I joined university at the age of 18 on full scholarships for a course that I had worked so hard to join which is a bachelor of architecture. There was no way I was not going to become an architect that was the one thing I was very certain about. I recently turned 24 and guess what, I’m currently completing my bachelor’s degree in computer science. And I’m also a fitness entrepreneur”

She walks us through her journey of making a career change from architecture to computer science and going against odds to pursue her passion

Mr Peter Hogel

Mr Peter Hogel

Founder Sayari Safaris

Idea: Starting a new life from nothing. 

“The cost of success varies, of course, someone once said it’s lonely at the top. and sometimes the most expensive price is walking a long journey alone”

Mr Hogel tells a story of how difficult his journey of starting everything from scratch in his life has been after leaving Sweden and settling in Tanzania.

Mr Aziizi Kafeero

Mr Aziizi Kafeero

Founder Kafeero Foundation

Idea: Curiosity for young entrepreneurs.

“Power is so much about assignment and service. Many young people today want to be paid for availability but not productivity. There is also a predominant problem of youth not understanding why they studied what they studied.”

Mr Solomon King Benge

Mr Solomon King Benge

Founder Fundi Bots

Idea: Why kids should be taught robotics

Children are stuck because they don’t know the possibilities out there. We help them discover this through robotics.

Mr Canary Mugume

Mr Canary Mugume

Journalist

Idea: Influencing Governments actions through news

“Last year in May… someone granted me an interview, an interview that I had been looking forward to for 3 years and this was the President”

He tells us about the difficulties of being a young journalist.

Ms Nada Andersen

Ms Nada Andersen

Media and Advertising

Idea: You are your biggest obstacle

“Change the way you see you and you will change the way life treats you”

There is no genetic preconditioning for success. The key ingredients for success include finding your passion, living your purpose every day and never forgetting to dream.