So TED is on its way to Africa again, this time in Cape Town – Nice:

TEDAfrica will be held in Cape Town, South Africa on September 29-October 1, 2008 (save the date!), and will follow the format of this year’s event in Arusha, Tanzania.

The conference will be organized by a wonderful local team with whom we have just signed a license agreement. The four-person team includes TED Fellow Kelo Kubu and the conference will be operated out of a new South Africa-based non-profit organization devoted to promoting a better future for the continent, the “TED Africa Foundation”.

I attended, and was lucky enough to deliver a 3-minute preso at TED Global in Oxford in 05.

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it was very rad, except that Chris Anderson is a bit (read: a lot) pompous and the event itself reeks of elitism – and not in a good way.

If A-Listers are your thing, this is for you. If it’s content you’re after, consider Pop!Tech in Camden, MA. Even with the flights, you’ll probably save yourself some cash, and it was, for me anyway, a far better event…!

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