The Last Mile: Africa and the Brown Revolution | W.Gyude Moore | TEDxEuston

Tapping into his extensive experience in public service as a former Liberian Minister for Public Works, W. Gyude Moore boldly presents one big idea - to revolutionize Africa’s roads. He paints an image worth aspiring towards- a trans-African highway which spans the length and breadth of the continent, weaving through a future with stronger connectivity and better infrastructure. The result is an exciting talk with professional examples of garnered gains and lessons learned leading to a vision of gathering the best resources to make this a reality.

Intro music - Blue Boss by Sampa the great W. Gyude Moore is a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development. He previously served as Liberia’s Minister of Public Works and country lead on the construction and maintenance infrastructure from December 2014 to January 2018. At CGD, Moore will be exploring governance, looking at the infrastructure sector in particular. He will also focus on channels of attracting private finance into African infrastructure. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx