about us
We are TEDxJohannesburg. We are a community of curious, open-minded people who care deeply about celebrating local ideas, and sharing them with the world. Everyday we look for (and find) remarkable people doing great work. We give them a platform, and amplify their ideas on the world wide web. We believe that their ideas, delivered at our sought-after events, and distributed via video on the web, will change the world.
TEDxJOHANNESBURG BY THE NUMBERS
meet our team
TEDxJohannesburg events are organised by a dedicated team of highly skilled volunteers. Most are professionals, others are students, and a few represent their companies. They do this work not for political reasons, monetary reward or personal gain. They do it because they truly believe in the power of ideas to change the world.
LOCAL
IDEAS
WORTH
SPREADING
Ideas have the power to change the world. Our goal is to make the best ones accessible, and in the process, spark conversations that will help them spread.
PRAISE FOR TEDxjohannesburg
Speakers who have stepped up to the TEDxJohannesburg stage
150
300K
Views for TEDxJohannesburg talks on YouTube
10
NUMBER OF
TEDXJOHANNESBURG EVENTS TO DATE
2009
The year the first TEDxJohannesburg took place
Speakers who have stepped up to the TEDxJohannesburg stage
150
Speakers who have stepped up to the TEDxJohannesburg stage
NUMBER OF
TEDXJOHANNESBURG EVENTS TO DATE
300k
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OUR PARTNERS
By giving their knowledge, skills and resources to help make TEDxJohannesburg possible, our partners become every bit a part of TEDxJohannesburg’s mission of sharing local ideas worth spreading, and a part of TEDx’s global culture of innovation. This culture is participatory, informal and explosive. And it will change the world.
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Mpumi tshabalala
Social Media
Mpumi's life journey has taught her that one's passion is one's calling, and that if you work hard at finding yours, it will, in turn, navigate you to unending possibilities.
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KELO KUBU
Convener
Kelo has participated in over 10 TED events — in Arusha, Monterey, Long Beach, Edinburgh, Doha, Vancouver, Rio de Janeiro and Banff. She is current TEDx Ambassador for Africa.
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Ithateng mokgoro
Curator
The world, when seen through Thati's eyes, is one exhilarating piece of design. And there's no problem so complex that a good dose of design thinking cannot solve.
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NHAMO RUPARE
Artistic Director
Nhamo is an inter-galactic man of mystery. His address in the universe is at a truly rare place where strategy, creative, commodities, energy, writing and farming intersect.
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THOLWANA MAGOME
Registration
When Tholwana is not building houses for myriads of deserving South Africans, she’s either cooking up a storm for a few lucky friends, or organising TEDxVanderbijlpark.
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TEDXJOHANNESBURG 2016
Theme: Abundance
Date: Thurs 24 – Fri 25 Nov 2016
Venue: Riversands Incubation Hub, Fourways
TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission; Ideas Worth Spreading. The program is designed to give communities the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. TEDxJohannesburg, as it were, is a series of premium go-to events for curious, open-minded thinkers and doers in the Johannesburg area who care deeply about finding and celebrating local ideas, across disciplines, and sharing them with the world.
Image by Paul Saad
ROCHE MAMABOLO
TEDxGaborone
Roche is an author and an entrepreneurship activist. He’s also co-curator for TEDxGaborone. He is totally obsessed with breaking things just to figuring them out.
BOGOSI MOTSHEGWA
Speaker Management
Bogosi plans, builds, writes, talks and thinks about brands—a lot. In everything he does, he tries to do the things that others want to do, but are too afraid to attempt.
DAVID MAILA
Media Relations
David knows three things for sure: that he was uncool before uncool was cool, that everything you do or say is Public Relations, and that the future of Africa is mobile.
