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About TEDxKrooBay and TEDx

TEDxKrooBay is a licensed TEDx event centered around ideas worth spreading from within Sierra Leone’s most overlooked yet resilient communities. Although named after KrooBay, the event will spotlight stories and innovations from a wider circle of neighborhoods across Freetown with similar socio-economic conditions. The event aims to reshape narratives and surface homegrown insights on community resilience, creativity, and leadership

TEDx events are independently organized,  local events that operate under licensed from TED. The “x” means independently organized,  brings the TED experience to local communities in this case krooBay. Features local and global speakers, follows TED’s format and rules. With the aims to spark conversation, inspiration, and impact at the community level.

Our Mission

To spotlight stories and innovations from Sierra Leone’s most overlooked yet resilient communities and share ideas worth spreading from within these neighborhoods.

Our Vision

To reshape narratives by surfacing homegrown insights on community resilience, creativity, and leadership.

Our Purpose

To center a licensed local TEDx event around KrooBay while highlighting a wider circle of communities across Freetown with similar socio-economic conditions.

Speaker Programme

Organizing Team

Our team members are our greatest asset, and provide all of the ideas and energy behind our work.

MARIAMA KHADIJA
Licensee & Curator
AMINATA JALLOH
Programme Coordinator
ISHA YOUNGAH
Programme & Speakers Lead

TED Impact

In a world that can feel dark and overwhelming, these ideas have ripple effects of many magnitudes, pointing toward the possibility of a better future for people, communities, and humanity at large.

Catalyzed for 49 projects by The Audacious Project
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Global views with content shared 400M times in 2023
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Thought Leaders & Industry Experts Speakers

David Colin Ogoo
Tech on the Edges
Lala Sidibé
Youth Power
DR. ABDUL JALLOH
Health and Healing