Theme: What if...actualizing endless possibilities

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, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Rabindranath Tagore Institute Auditorium
Ilot
Pamplemousses, Pamplemousses, 21014
Mauritius

Arinze Obiezue

A group of students from the African Leadership University Mauritius, performing an original piece of music.

Dr. Jimmy Harmon

Dr Harmon is publicly known for having piloted from 2004 to 2012 a pioneering literacy project in mother-tongue education alongside multilingualism. This project got special mention by the Commonwealth Good Education Practice Award in 2010. This project led eventually to the introduction of Kreol Morisien in all primary schools as from 2012.

Giobani Giovano

A musical Performance by Giovani and Giovano.

Janice Ndegwa

Janice is passionate about the process of learning and grassroots capacity building and how it translates into social change. Using interdisciplinary approaches, she has explored this topic within the fields of education, global health and development, gender and agriculture through academic, internship and professional experiences in the U.S., U.K. Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda and Mauritius. She is currently part of the Social Science team at the African Leadership College, working on designing and delivering a world class, de-colonized education.

Janice Ngegwa

Janice is passionate about the process of learning and grassroots capacity building and how it translates into social change. Using interdisciplinary approaches, she has explored this topic within the fields of education, global health and development, gender and agriculture through academic, internship and professional experiences in the U.S., U.K. Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda and Mauritius. She is currently part of the Social Science team at the African Leadership College, working on designing and delivering a world class, de-colonized education.

Les Freres Joseph

A contemporary dance performance by Les Freres Joseph.

Madelle Kangha

Founder and President of JumpStart Academy Africa

A leading social entrepreneur, Madelle is a role model proving that citizens who channel their passion into action can achieve the impossible. And in recognition of her work, Madelle has been featured by Forbes as “Innovative Africans fixing a broken Education System”. She has also received awards and recognition from the Queens Young Leaders, American Express Emerging Innovators, Ashoka Changemakers, One Young World and Vital Voices. She was recently named as one of the 50 Most Influential Young Cameroonians of 2016 by Avance Media Africa in the Personal Development & Academia Category.

Ms. Varsha Naran

Life Coaching

She is passionate about igniting the light that shines within everyone, one person at a time. Varsha Naran is a coach, inspirer, mentor and catalyst of action. She also refers to herself as a two time gold medallist for having battled with cancer twice.

Phillipa Sibanda

Ms. Phillipa Sibanda is of Zimbabwean heritage who lost her mother at the tender age of 10 and still succeeded beyond all odds then went on to living in California. After returning to her home country few years later, she went through the experience of starting a business in Zimbabwe.

Richard Adu-Poku

Adu-Poku is a second-year student of the African Leadership College in Mauritius. He is from Ghana and has spent all his educational life in Ghana until he moved to ALC from the University of Ghana Business School in January 2016. He is a passionate debater who believes the fortunes of individuals, especially students, can be unearthed through the power of debate. He has represented different schools in debates and public speaking in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe as a debater, an adjudicator, and a public speaker. He has also participated in Youth Dialogues in Ghana and Tanzania.

Sakhile Dlamini

Sakhile Dlamini, a Colorado University graduate and is a Software Engineer working on Google plus. He is a FrontEnd engineer and writes Javascript, CSS, HTML and Java to talk to backends.

Sudalakshmee Chiniah

As an undergraduate studying mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, Sudalakshmee Chiniah launched her own summer program, Mauritian Youth Network at the age of 18. “My dream is to personally contribute and make the world a better place and my journey starts with education through my summer program.” Through Mauritian Youth Network, Sudalakshmee teaches leadership through seminars, workshops, and training sessions. She also spent two years at African Leadership Academy in South Africa. She helped organize the international African Leadership Academy Model African Union 2016 (ALAMAU) as the Director of Finance. She believes that her experience with ALAMAU has allowed her to have fruitful conversations about the African continent and she hopes that one day she will represent the 21st century African image.

Vimi Appadoo

Ms. Vimi is a well known public speaker trainer in Mauritius with an MBA from the university of Birmingham.