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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

UNICEF Youth Advocate Nkosilathi Nyathi has been a climate change and environmental issues advocate since the age of 10.

Saki Mafundikwa wrote the book on Africa’s graphic design heritage -- then opened a school of graphic arts in his native Zimbabwe.

TED Fellow Francisca Mutapi advocates for locally led solutions to eliminate preventable and treatable infectious diseases.

Moreangels Mbizah is the founder of Wildlife Conservation Action, an organization dedicated to conserving biodiversity, promoting human-wildlife coexistence and empowering local communities.

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.

Dixon Chibanda is passionate about the human brain, how it influences our behavior and what we can do to make everybody happy.

Mary Bassett is fighting what may be the greatest stumbling block to equitable health care in the US: institutional racism.

Allan Savory works to promote holistic management in the grasslands of the world.

Janine di Giovanni reports from war zones around the world.

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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 ...

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.

Sethembile Msezane deconstructs the act of public commemoration -- how it creates myths, constructs histories, includes some and excludes others.

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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...

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