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Who we are.
We are TEDxJohannesburg, a community of curious, open-minded people who care deeply about celebrating local ideas, and sharing them with the world. Everyday we look for remarkable people doing great work. We give them a platform and amplify their ideas. We believe that their ideas, delivered at our sought-after events, and distributed via video on the web, will change the world.
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Alicia Thomas-Wolf organised the first TEDxJohannesburg event in 2009, under the theme ‘Uplifting Communities.’
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Kelo Kubu became the new licence holder for TEDxJohannesburg in 2013, after organising TEDxSoweto since 2010.
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Since 2009, we have organised 24 TEDxJohannesburg events, ranging from live streams to in-person events and, more recently, to virtual events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Over 310 speakers have stepped up to the TEDxJohannesburg stage since Anna Mabunda opened the inaugural TEDxJohannesburg event in 2009.
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TEDxJohannesburg talks, including those produced with TED, have been viewed over 12 million times on YouTube and TED.com.