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A few ways to fix a government

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Charity Wayua |

TED@IBM

• November 2016

Charity Wayua put her skills as a cancer researcher to use on an unlikely patient: the government of her native Kenya. She shares how she helped her government drastically improve its process for opening up new businesses, a crucial part of economic health and growth, leading to new investments and a World Bank recognition as a top reformer.

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Charity Wayua put her skills as a cancer researcher to use on an unlikely patient: the government of her native Kenya. She shares how she helped her government drastically improve its process for opening up new businesses, a crucial part of economic health and growth, leading to new investments and a World Bank recognition as a top reformer.

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About the speaker

Public sector researcher

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IBM's Charity Wayua is a research manager in Nairobi, Kenya, where she leads the company's public sector research team.

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