The never ending rise of Africa | Muyambi Muyambi | TEDxBucknellUniversity

Despite what the growing GDP and pictures of skyscrapers show you, the rise of Africa is barely a work in progress. Excessive charitable donations and outside business investment are not enough to bring Africa out of poverty. Muyambi explores the power of social entrepreneurship as a potential solution to poverty in Africa. Muyambi Muyambi was born in Rukungiri, Uganda but spent most of his childhood traveling the country. Throughout his travels, he experienced how different people lived, but realized the potential in one common tool, the bicycle. Muyambi found that the bicycle provided access to recourses such as clean water, healthcare, and schools. In 2008, while attending Bucknell, Muyambi founded Bicycles Against Poverty, an organization that uses microfinance as a way to distribute bicycles across Uganda. This organization has not only been extremely successful in distributing bikes, but also offers workshops about financial management. Muyambi and his co-founder were recognized by National Geographic as one of their travelers of the year in 2013. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx