Event Rebrands To TEDxAccra As 2014 Edition Is Launched

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January 29, 2015 5:06 PM

TEDxAccra, the rebrand of TEDxLabone officially launched yerterday at the International Press Center in Accra.

The event, an independently organised TED talk organised by local communities, formerly operated under the brand TEDxLabone until a higher status was recently granted to the Curators by TED global so that it became TEDxAccra. TEDxAccra takes inspiration from TED talks, and will leverage the TED experience at a community level, bringing together innovative thinkers and pioneering doers.

The event which will take place on the 10 of April this year at the National Theater is expected to be the biggest TEDx event in Ghana yet.The theme for this year’s TEDxAccra is “The Next Chapter”.

In 2014, under its former name of TEDxLabone, organisers convened a host of rousing speakers such as the Honourable Hannah Tetteh (Foreign Minister), Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (former JOY FM Super Monrning Show Host), Mrs. Eva Lokko (Politician, Gender Activist, and CEO Totally Youth), Uche Ufodili (former Vodafone Ghana Chief Marketing Officer), M. Masoperh, Abla (Legal & Strategic Adviser), Paul Anomakodie (ETV visually impaired Newscaster),and Nathaniel Padi (Student & Mobile App Developer) amongst others.

Speaking about how TEDxLabone has evolved to become TEDxAccra, the Curator of TEDxAccra Mr Emmanuel Addae Leslie, said: “With the 2014 event focusing on Informing, Empowering and Educating, where speakers informed, empowered and educated audience on their ideas, the next chapter of Ghana’s success story must now be told. At TEDxAccra 2015 participants will take part in a TED-like experience that will ultimately equip and inspire both speakers and the audience alike unto boundless possibilities. The concept is to reflect ideas and inspire thinking of a new generation of African thinkers and leaders.”

Mr Addae added that speakers have been already selected for the event, and informed that tickets are already selling online ahead of the event. He encouraged all interested parties to closely monitor and follow pre and post event activities closely through both online and offline platforms.

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