International entrepreneur and creativity expert to speak at OSU

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Ravi Naidoo, managing director of Interactive Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, is slated to speak to Oklahoma State University students and the public in a presentation titled “Creativity & Design as Vehicles for Transforming a Nation” on March 25 at 3:30 p.m. in the Student Union Little Theater on the OSU-Stillwater campus.

Sponsored by the OSU School of Entrepreneurship, the OSU CIE Scholars, and the OSU Entrepreneurship Club, the event is open to the public and is intended to bring inspiration to people of all ages.

“Ravi is simply an amazing speaker. His experiences and perspectives about how creativity and design can change an entire nation has huge implications for Oklahoma and OSU,” said Michael Morris, professor and head of the OSU School of Entrepreneurship.

In addition to founding Interactive Africa, Naidoo is the founder of an incredibly successful international design conference, the Design Indaba, and has done everything from help launch the bid for the World Cup to put the first African in outer space.

"For people who see places like Africa as a hopeless cause, Ravi is a voice of optimism, hope and change,” Morris said. “He sees an exciting future, and his helping to create that future through creativity, design, and communication.”