CAMFED's CEO on TED's "How To Be A Better Human" Podcast

NewsPublished on: Sep 30 2024

Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa joins TED podcast host, Chris Duffy, to share the power of the collective in supporting girls across Africa to learn and succeed

Angie’s journey — through school to now running an international educational organization — it’s an inspiring journey; it’s an incredible journey; but Angie’s also passionate about making it so that kids don’t have to have remarkable stories to get access to opportunities. And I think that the way she talks about making a difference and tackling big systemic issues, international issues, is going to be relevant to you wherever you live, and whatever issue you feel most passionately about.
Chris Duffy, TED podcast host

Listen to the TED podcast with Angie Murimirwa and Chris Duffy

In conversation with Chris, Angie shares her inspiring journey rising to CEO of CAMFED – the very organization that supported her through school. She introduces listeners to trailblazing women like climate-smart agriculture expert, Naomi, who is among 279,000 members in the CAMFED Association sisterhood – Africa’s largest and fastest growing network of educated women leaders, spearheading CAMFED’s programs.

As CAMFED’s audacious leader, Angie reveals how she heads up the organization that supports millions of girls in Africa to complete school and transform their underserved communities – from drawing on her deep understanding and lived experience of exclusion, to leveraging the collective power of the CAMFED Association, community champions, and stakeholders.

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Let's show up for each other. Let's approach each other with empathy and kindness...We can only do this collectively. In Africa we say, “Pamoja Tunaweza,” which means "Together We Can." Stories of individual heroes are exciting and fascinating, but they are not the fabric on which the world is built.

Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa, CAMFED's CEO

Hear more from Angie, Chris, and the CAMFED sisterhood!

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Video: Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa’s TED Talk 2023

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Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa, CEO of CAMFED, helped found our sisterhood of leaders for girls’ education – the CAMFED Association – 25 years ago. Watch her TED Talk to see the world through the eyes of a girl in rural Africa, find out why school is not enough, and experience the difference that a ‘Big Sister’ can make.

Watch Angie's TED Talk

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Chris Duffy's TED Talk: How to find laughter anywhere

With mentorship from CAMFED’s Angie Murimirwa – who took to the TED stage in 2019 and 2023 – comedian and host of TED’s “How to be a Better Human” podcast, Chris Duffy, delivered his TED Talk on “How to find laughter anywhere” in April 2024.

Watch Chris' TED Talk

Host a film screening

Introduce your friends to a short film about determination and sisterhood transforming our world, while raising funds to send more girls to school. “Tunainuana” (Together We Rise) highlights the possibility of change ignited by education, and the story of a network of leaders changing the status quo for women and girls.

Discover the "Tunainuana" film