TEDxKNUST Event Highlights (+ PHOTOS)

Watch any TED video and you’re most certainly met with an intellectual adrenaline rush.

One of the most invaluable assets in today’s global economy is ideas. Ideas stimulate creativity and innovation and form the backbone of many great achievements.

This year’s event at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology brought together 15 of the most innovative minds across Ghana under the theme – Novelty: The Evolution of Making a Difference in Africa

Here are some highlights from TEDx KNUST 2018:

Empowering Brands

 Nana Kobina Turkson, founder and CEO of NKKT- talking about empowering companies to create brands that last

Without increasing our brand standards, it’s impossible to deliver value. Good communication crafts messages that customers can understand…Targeted communication is to ensure the target market can receive and understand the message being put across by brands

Nana Kobina Turkson

African Women in STEM

Ivy Barley of Developers in Vogue and an advocate for women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) – talking about African Women challenging the narrative with regards to technology.

Groom ladies who don’t only know how to take great selfies, but ladies who can develop game-changing applications to influence the world.

Ivy Barley

 Evolution of Tech

 Foster Akugri of HackLab – talking about the Evolution of Technology

 What if we could build an African Dream just like the “American Dream”? The answer lies in our hands

Foster Akugri

Future of Tech

 Kwame A.A. Opoku, Futurist and Global Business Speaker speaking on the future of Technology and the Job Market.

Newer technological methods are rapidly developing and displacing millions of people from their jobs while creating new jobs, but the only question is, are you ready?

What can you do to prepare yourself for the future that’s coming, a world of artificial intelligence, robotics and quantum computing?

Currently, business leaders and employees have various concerns regarding emerging tech. Automated cars and robots that can build houses could displace scores of transport and construction workers.

About 2 years ago Foxcomm, a global producer of electronics, moved to replace about 60,000 employees with robots.

Customer Care

Pastor Brenda Obeng Addae, Global Customer Care Expert talks about Leveraging the attitude of 7 billion people for business.

In looking for customers do not forget to treat your internal customers (your employees) well. Treating them well will go a long way to motivate them to give their best and represent the company better. The customer is always king. If you don’t treat your customers right, your business will collapse.

Pastor Brenda Obeng Addae

Creating Oppourtunities

Rev. John Ntim Fodjour, Member of Parliament of Assin South Constituency, talking about seizing opportunities for self-development.

Most times the people who are imbued with gifts and talents are oblivious to the presence of these gems deposited in them 

You need to recognize the struggle and problems around you as opportunities to turn them into opportunities and viable businesses.

Investing in Agric

Kwame Ababio, CEO of Green Afro Palms, speaking on using Agriculture to make an impact on the African continent.

 All Africans must be farmers – not necessarily on the field but as investors in Agriculture

Africa is blessed with farmlands, why then don’t we farm so we could feed the whole world and in return get the money we need to take care of our own needs?

Now, we don’t all have to be on the farm but we can support those who are farming by making investments into farming.

 Gallery TEDxKNUST 2018

Extras

 Not only were great speakers on the bill, we saw some great art talent being displayed.

 Live painting at TEDxKNUST on the concept of – The dawn of a new Africa. What better way to capture these ideas on the canvas.