Francis Tapon was born and raised in San Francisco. His mother is Chilean, his father was French, and his wife is Cameroonian. That makes him connected to four continents and utterly confused. He earned a Religion Degree with honors from Amherst College. He also has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He cofounded a robotic vision company in Silicon Valley. He’s the first person to do a roundtrip on the Continental Divide Trail—a sevenmonth journey spanning 9,000 km. He has walked across America four times, Spain twice, and Madagascar once. He’s backpacked 50,000 kilometers and traveled to 120 countries. He is the author of Hike Your Own Hike and The Hidden Europe. From 2013 to 2018, he traveled nonstop overland to all 54 African countries. He is producing a video series and book called The Unseen Africa. Francis Tapon was born and raised in San Francisco. His mother is Chilean, his father was French, and his wife is Cameroonian. That makes him connected to four continents and utterly confused. He earned a Religion Degree with honors from Amherst College. He also has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He cofounded a robotic vision company in Silicon Valley. He’s the first person to do a roundtrip on the Continental Divide Trail—a sevenmonth journey spanning 9,000 km. He has walked across America four times, Spain twice, and Madagascar once. He’s backpacked 50,000 kilometers and traveled to 120 countries. He is the author of Hike Your Own Hike and The Hidden Europe. From 2013 to 2018, he traveled nonstop overland to all 54 African countries. He is producing a video series and book called The Unseen Africa. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx