Hello and welcome to Business Daily with me, Jane Wakefield.

In today's episode, recorded at the recent TED conference in Canada's Vancouver,

I'll be meeting some of this year's TED fellows, extraordinary people who are tackling some of the most challenging issues facing modern economies.

I'll be asking how technology can help with Africa's urgent site issues,

and from the pioneering pediatrician helping to lift urban families in the US out of poverty

by thinking differently about how to use doctor surgeries.

They are able to buy luxuries, things like fresh fruits and vegetables and winter coats for their children,

which in the United States of America should not be a luxury.

We took her home. She stood outside her house and saw this man stood there looking at her with a look of primarily anxiety,

and then she realized that was her son that she'd not seen in two decades.

Business Daily from the BBC.

Every year TED, the organisation which gathers together business leaders and pioneers

from the worlds of technology, entertainment and design, chooses a clutch of people who are

working on global projects with a focus on equality

and gives them a platform to deliver their stories.

There are a varied bunch from prison rights activists to artists, scientists and musicians.

This year's fellows are no less diverse and many have an interest in health and technology.

One of the 2018 fellows is eye surgeon, Dr Andrews. and many have an interest in health and technology.

One of the 2018 fellows is eye surgeon, Dr Andrew Basteras.

He's a Kenyan-based ophthalmologist who co-founded Peake,

a low-cost smartphone tool to help deliver eye care to some of the world's most underserved communities.

Andrew explains more.

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