The TEDx event at Kenya’s Kakuma embodies the cynical rebranding of refugees as ‘entrepreneurs’
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has just co-hosted a festival, the TEDxKakumaCamp, the first-ever TEDx event held in a refugee camp. The talks were organised under the euphoric theme of “Thrive” and promised to tell “stories that uplift and inspire not just the communities that host them but the entire world”.