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Ticket sales

TEDx events are non-profit, so with our ticket sales we do not make any profit but only cover the costs for location, catering, videos, merch and ticket sales fees. You are very welcome to enquire to see a transparent list of all expenses.

Ticket categories

• Attendee: The Standard tickets allows you to attend the whole event including all the amenities (wine, water, canapés, a seat and of course all the inspiring talks).
• Enabler: If you want to support the event with a bit of extra funding, we appreciate you buying an enabler ticket.

We are very invested in welcoming anyone who is keen to be part of this. If you do not have the necessary funds to purchase a ticket please feel free to send us an email to [email protected]

Video recording

The event will be recorded to allow sharing the talks with even more people after the event and spread the inspiration and ideas. The focus is on the speakers, not the audience. But nonetheless we can't guarantee that attendees won't be part of some sequences. If you attend you accept this, should you have concerns and not want to be in any video material please approach us.

Someone feeling a sense of responsibility for something bigger than themselves can be extremely inspiring. And it is as beautiful as it is astonishing how different the things are that people choose to feel responsible for. We are very excited to delve into responsibility from many different perspectives with you.

Like Leigh de Necker, who makes it sound as if dedicating her life’s work to preserving sharks is the most natural choice in the world. As a marine biologist and shark ecologist at the WILDTRUST's WILDOCEANS Programme, Leigh studies species that are often misunderstood, feared, or dismissed and reveals their profound importance for the balance of our oceans. Her sense of responsibility lies in challenging the myths surrounding sharks, showing why their protection matters not only for marine ecosystems but for humanity as a whole. Through her work, Leigh reminds us that responsibility can also mean standing up for what others overlook.

Or Dr. Nondumiso Makhunga-Stevenson, who challenges the dominant Global North narrative that frames menopause as an individual downfall rather than a universal transition shared by an entire community. Drawing from African perspectives, she repositions menopause as a stage of collective responsibility: one that calls for support, understanding, and a shift in how societies value women’s experiences later in life.

Another speaker whose view is shaped by the culture she grew up in is Fiver Löcker – an artist born in Germany and now running a contemporary printmaking studio in Joburg. The concept of feeling responsible for your history as a society is deeply embedded in German culture, and Fiver explores what derives from this and how it shapes our responsibility for our present and future.

Or Ana Hajduka, who shows how responsibility in Africa's power sector was long defines as keeping markets out and asking the state to carry everything alone. She argues that responsibility today demands something braver: rethinking how public and private actors work together to design systems that can endure. Drawing on Africa GreenCo's model, this talk reframes power markets not as forces to resist, but as tools to reimagine – enabling goverments, investors and the private sector to share risk, unlock clean energy and build a more resilient future together.

Sometimes responsibility is not a clear call you have followed throughout your whole life. Dalisu Waiyaki Jwara is debating how his generation has a responsibility to rebuild the South Africa Nelson Mandela and others fought for. His life stands as an incredible success story to many, and yet Dalisu is questioning a potential responsibility for South Africa as a nation.

More speakers to be announced soon.