TED Fellow Hakeem Oluseyi points to the lack of research collaborations across Africa, due to how educational resources are allocated. He and his colleagues founded the African Astronomical Society, whose mission it is to get research-grade telescopes in every nation in the world.

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Filmed at TEDGlobal Fellows 2012.
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