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Carl Joshua Ncube: Tales of a Zimbabwean comedian

In this quick, witty performance, TED Fellow and comedian Carl Joshua Ncube uses humor to point out some culturally taboo topics from his home country of Zimbabwe.
https://www.ted.com/talks/carl_joshua_ncube_tales_of_a_zimbabwean_comedian

Tawanda Kanhema: My journey mapping the uncharted world

Significant pieces of the globe are literally not on the map: they're missing from the most widely used mapping platforms, like Google Street View, leaving communities neglected of vital services and humanitarian aid. In this globetrotting talk, photographer Tawanda Kanhema takes us along on his journey to map 3,000 miles of uncharted areas in Z...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tawanda_kanhema_my_journey_mapping_the_uncharted_world

Dixon Chibanda: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression

Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe -- for a population of more than 16 million. Realizing that his country would never be able to scale traditional methods of treating those with mental health issues, Chibanda helped to develop a beautiful solution powered by a limitless resource: grandmothers. In this extraordinary, inspirati...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dixon_chibanda_why_i_train_grandmothers_to_treat_depression

Zachariah Mampilly: How protest is redefining democracy around the world

The democratic process is messy, complicated and often inefficient -- but across Africa, activists are redefining democracy by putting protest at its center. In an illuminating talk, political scientist Zachariah Mampilly gives us a primer on the current wave of protests reshaping countries like Tunisia, Malawi and Zimbabwe -- and explains how t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/zachariah_mampilly_how_protest_is_redefining_democracy_around_the_world

Gus Casely-Hayford: The powerful stories that shaped Africa

In the vast sweep of history, even an empire can be forgotten. In this wide-ranging talk, Gus Casely-Hayford shares origin stories of Africa that are too often unwritten, lost, unshared. Travel to Great Zimbabwe, the ancient city whose mysterious origins and advanced architecture continue to confound archeologists. Or to the age of Mansa Musa, t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/gus_casely_hayford_the_powerful_stories_that_shaped_africa

Moreangels Mbizah: How community-led conservation can save wildlife

Conservationist and TED Fellow Moreangels Mbizah studied the famous Cecil the lion until he was shot by a trophy hunter in 2015. She wonders how things could've gone differently, asking: "What if the community that lived next to Cecil was involved in protecting him?" In a quick talk, Mbizah shares the state of conservation in her home of Zimbabw...
https://www.ted.com/talks/moreangels_mbizah_how_community_led_conservation_can_save_wildlife

Fred Swaniker: The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it

Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good leaders can't make much of a difference in societies with strong institutions, in countries with weak structures, leaders could make or break a country. In a passionate talk the entrepreneur ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/fred_swaniker_the_leaders_who_ruined_africa_and_the_generation_who_can_fix_it

Nkosilathi Nyathi | TED Speaker

UNICEF Youth Advocate Nkosilathi Nyathi has been a climate change and environmental issues advocate since the age of 10.
Climate justice advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nkosilathi_nyathi

Mary Bassett: Why your doctor should care about social justice

In Zimbabwe in the 1980s, Mary Bassett witnessed the AIDS epidemic firsthand, and she helped set up a clinic to treat and educate local people about the deadly virus. But looking back, she regrets not sounding the alarm for the real problem: the structural inequities embedded in the world's political and economic organizations, inequities that m...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mary_bassett_why_your_doctor_should_care_about_social_justice

Saki Mafundikwa | TED Speaker

Saki Mafundikwa wrote the book on Africa’s graphic design heritage -- then opened a school of graphic arts in his native Zimbabwe.
Graphic designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/saki_mafundikwa

Francisca Mutapi | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Francisca Mutapi advocates for locally led solutions to eliminate preventable and treatable infectious diseases.
Global health researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/francisca_mutapi

Moreangels Mbizah | TED Speaker

Moreangels Mbizah is the founder of Wildlife Conservation Action, an organization dedicated to conserving biodiversity, promoting human-wildlife coexistence and empowering local communities.
Lion conservationist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/moreangels_mbizah

Tawanda Kanhema | TED Speaker

Tawanda Kanhema puts cities on the map with the goal of improving digital inclusion by accelerating the distribution of technology solutions in places where they are most needed.
Photographer, digital strategist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tawanda_kanhema

Mary Bassett | TED Speaker

Mary Bassett is fighting what may be the greatest stumbling block to equitable health care in the US: institutional racism.
New York City Health Commissioner
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mary_bassett

Dixon Chibanda | TED Speaker

Dixon Chibanda is passionate about the human brain, how it influences our behavior and what we can do to make everybody happy.
Psychiatrist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dixon_chibanda

Allan Savory | TED Speaker

Allan Savory works to promote holistic management in the grasslands of the world.
Grassland ecosystem pioneer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/allan_savory

Janine di Giovanni | TED Speaker

Janine di Giovanni reports from war zones around the world.
Reporter
https://www.ted.com/speakers/janine_di_giovanni

TEDxBulawayo - an independently organized event

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Event details: Bulawayo, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe · October 16, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/40686

TEDxUniversityofZimbabwe - an independently organized event

About this event: This event happens at a time where our Country Zimbabwe is subjecting local innovators, entrepreneurs and artists are facing various "limitations" politically, socially, economically or otherwise.At TEDxUniversityofZImbabwe, where X = independently organised TED event, we acknowledge the power of sharing ideas in limiting these limitations, and ...
Event details: Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe · April 23, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15332

Srdja Popovic | TED Speaker

Srdja Popovic was a founder and leader of the student movement that brought down the Milosovic regime. Now, he helps other nonviolent movements learn and grow.
Organizer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/srdja_popovic

Sethembile Msezane | TED Speaker

Sethembile Msezane deconstructs the act of public commemoration -- how it creates myths, constructs histories, includes some and excludes others.
Artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sethembile_msezane

TEDxLupaneStateUniversity - an independently organized event

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Event details: Lupane, Zimbabwe · September 4, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/30790

TEDxHarare: The Power of Ideas - an independently organized event

About this event: Everything, from the invention of the wheel to the first walk on the moon by mankind began with an idea. The power of a new is the engine that transforms the way we live and think. At TEDxHarare, where X = independently organised TED event, we celebrate the transformative power of ideas for improving the way citizens of the world live, learn, wo...
Event details: Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe · August 19, 2011
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/1816

TEDxHarareChange: The Big Picture - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxChange 2012 is a TEDx event co-organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and TED. Convened by Melinda French Gates and hosted by Chris Anderson, TEDxChange will focus on issues surrounding global health and development. TEDxChange type events are TEDx events hosted around the live webcast of TEDxChange, and also feature local spea...
Event details: Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe · April 10, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/5144

TEDxBulawayoSalon - an independently organized event

About this event: The TEDxBulawayoSalon event will be the first of its kind ever to be held in the City of Kings.At this event, TED videos will be screened ,a discussion around the watched videos will occur and to top that we have a great speaker who will speak on the subject of Hope and Courage. Nothabo Ncube “Dr.Thabo” is an MD, Motivational speaker and a Mill...
Event details: Bulawayo, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe · August 10, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/24465

TEDxHarare: Praxis - translating Ideas into Action - an independently organized event

About this event: Praxis is a complex activity where individuals co-create realities about culture and society and become critically conscious human beings. The TEDxHarare Conference invites you to join us in an invigorating and inspiring conversation.
Event details: Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe · November 14, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11658

TEDxUniversityofZimbabwe - an independently organized event

About this event: Glass Ceilings is a theme dedicated towards barriers. A theme about obstacles, trials, setbacks, limitations, struggles, insurmountable odds, etc. This theme acknowledges the hardships encountered in our lives. Those barriers that have existed since time immemorial. The barriers that are rising up today and the barriers that are foreseeable in t...
Event details: Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe · October 26, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/29750

Coded Meaning: Speakers in Session 8 at TED2013

Communication in 2013 looks so different from what it ever has before. Will technology be the ruin of all that is good and true in language? We don't think so. The speakers in this session explore how the future will bring even greater shifts in how we communicate -- and it may well be for the better. Here, the speakers who appeared in this s...
Posted February 28, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/28/coded-meaning-speakers-in-session-8-at-ted2013

TEDxNYUAD - an independently organized event

About this event: This year we present 9 stories from across the globe offering thought-provoking questions, diverse perspectives, and, above all, impactful ideas. We believe in providing a platform for creating dialogue and asking questions that are meant to be shared, and we are honoured to welcome you to the third edition of TEDxNYUAD. We have speakers from t...
Event details: Abu Dhabi, Abū Z̧aby, United Arab Emirates · April 8, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/22155

TEDxHarareSalon - an independently organized event

About this event: This TEDxHarare Salon themed “Shaping New Models” is a post event dialogue of the "process_refine" session of the TEDxHarare Conference. This event will bring together Zimbabwean leaders from business, politics and civil society to contribute to the shaping of new ideas in the way entrepreneurs and business leaders think and operate in the Zimba...
Event details: Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe · November 18, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/13922
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