TED is an annual conference held in Monterey, California. The name is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design – the initial focus of the conference. Its talks have since broadened and now cover a wide variety of topics including science, arts, politics, global issues, architecture, music, design and more 

AfriGadget was started by a group of four African bloggers just over 18 months ago. The idea behind the blog was to raise the awareness of alternative technologies created by Africans to solve everyday problems.

Africans have generally been presented as users and or copiers of technologies rather than as innovators. Yet the truth is the continent is full of appropriate technologies developed by ordinary people to solve ordinary everyday problems.