Theme: Breaking Boundaries

As our world becomes increasingly characterized by differences, boundaries may serve to limit, protect, or control, but it's crucial to build bridges and celebrate unity. TEDx Borrowdale celebrates limitless possibilities, aiming to inspire innovative ideas and drive improvement through creation, connection, and growth. Our minds create significant obstacles in our lives, and the constant struggle to break these barriers is what makes a man.
Breaking boundaries is a daily theme in science, medicine, and engineering, with individuals pushing for radical change in societies worldwide. Humans are uniquely positioned to break these boundaries, pushing harder and farther until the limits of imagination become established reality. The event will explore this theme in three sessions: challenging assumptions, exploring new perspectives, and hearing from those who have broken boundaries and pushed the limits of the planet. This will help instil humility and encourage further exploration and innovation.

Celebration Centre
162 Swan Drive, Borrowdale Rd, Borrowdale
Harare, Harare, 00263
Zimbabwe

Carmen Paredes

Executive and Leadership Expert

As the visionary behind Exceptional Leadership solutions, Carmen’s mission is to elevate lives and aid organizations in maximizing return on investment. Herintuitive and intentional leadership techniques are designed to transcend the existing inefficient dynamicsin interactions between leaders and employees. She’s passionate about sharing the leadership principles and actionable skills she refined in over two decades as an executive and leadership expert. These very skill shave enabled her to achieve remarkable results, fostering high performing and engaged teams in even the most demanding and challenging environments. As a Latina leader, Carmen seamlessly integrates adiverse background, including an Engineering degree, an MBA from a prestigious institution, and a coaching certification accredited through the National Board of Certified Counselors.

Dr Ginger Carlson Carlson

CEO and Author

Dr. Ginger Carlson is an international speaker, leader, and award-winning author. She has presented and written widely on the topics of creativity, communication, growth, and transformation, and how to uniquely and positively nurture each of them in our personal lives and organizations. Dr.Carlson is the co-founder of Möbius Dynamics and CEO of The Multarity ProjectTM. She can be contacted through her websites

Dr Solomon Guramatunhu

Dr. Solomon Guramatunhu has over 30 years of business experience and is a leading renowned and respected Ophthalmic Surgeon in Zimbabwe and internationally and a seasoned businessman and philanthropist.. His working career has seen him working for Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe holding various senior positions amongst others: Chief Government Ophthalmic Surgeon, Head of Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Unit. He has also worked in Zimbabwe for Greenwood Eye centre, University of Zimbabwe as an Honorary Lecturer, Bindura State University of Science Education, Eyes for Africa Project which he founded which offers free cataract surgeries to rural people in Zimbabwe and surrounding countries. His international work experience has been with Glasgow Group of Hospitals in Scotland, Honorary lecturer at the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Antony Chinhara

Dr Chinhara is the pioneer specialist in the field of Orthodontics in Zimbabwe. Since 1997 his practice has been dedicated to the provision of Specialist Orthodontic care to the nation. Dr Chinhara started his career in Healthcare as a Biomedical Scientist and obtained a Master’s degree in Biomedical Science from Northeastern University, Boston in 1989. He later changed path and enrolled for Dental School at Boston University, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, graduating with honours in 1994. He received several awards during Dental school that include the American College of Dentists award for outstanding performance and professionalism as a student, the Pierre Fauchard Academy award of merit in Dentistry, as well as being elected into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society. In addition, he became a Kellogg fellow under the Kellogg Foundation dedicated to the development of professional leaders worldwide. After dental school, he then completed a residency / postgraduate training program in Orthodontics at Vanderbilt University, Nashville U.S.A in 1997. Dr Chinhara maintains active membership with the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO), and is recognised as an AAO ambassador for global support and advancement of the specialty of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. He is also a member of the Zimbabwe Dental Association (ZIDA), Zimbabwe Society of Orthodontists (ZISO) and the South African Society of Orthodontists (SASO).

Lorena P. Frey

Author and Speaker

Lorena P. Frey, MS, LMFT, is a bestselling author and keynote speaker. As Founder of the Immigration Diagnostic Evaluations Academy, Inc., Mrs. Frey’s IDEA training program includes key components of forensic interview techniques developed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Mrs. Frey implements the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study to work with survivors of sex trafficking. Her story of surviving trafficking and her work on trauma has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, the CW, FOX News, and the Las Vegas Tonight Show. To learn more about Lorena P. Frey, connect with her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/lorenafrey.

Nikki Cruise

Speaker, Coach and Author

Nikki Cruise is an energetic and dynamic speaker, author, and coach, who in sharing her miraculous testimony brings hope and encouragement in the healing power of joy. The joy that brought about her healing of body, mind, and spirit. As a joy coach, she encourages women to recognize their own value, regardless of the circumstances and society’s labels, so that they can see how to powerfully impact the world. She also equips leaders in business to excel in their leadership and to be equipped with tools to daily choose abundance and joy in all circumstances. Nikki (originally from South Africa) resides in Burleson, Texas, USA.

Simba Makahamadze

Simba is the Founder & CEO of AfricanLaw, an interactive online platform that simplifies access to and engagement of top rated and verified lawyers in any country in Africa. Their mission is to make the African legal experience extraordinary by providing direct access to high quality and cost-effective legal services. He has over 14 years of Intellectual Property Management and strategy experience covering Southern Africa and the Middle East. He advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property protection and management including, but not limited to, trademark and patent filing strategies, trademark/brand selection, IP filing and prosecution, IP strategy, IP commercialisation, institutional IP policy development and IP due diligence for transactional purposes. His experience covers large companies as well as start-ups assisting them to establish IP protection strategies at an earlier stage. Simba has also handled IP consulting projects in Dubai for private sector, government and semi-government institutions covering IP auditing, IP policy development and training as well as collaboration between industry and institutions of higher learning. Simba is also the Principal Consultant of PalladiumIP Consultants, an IP services and business advisory firm with offices in the Middle East and Africa.

Tiffany Ramm

Resilience Coach and Licensed Therapist

Tiffany holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work, Bachelor Degree in Science and Social work, and is a Resilience Coach and Licensed Therapist. Tifany has 15+ years of social service experience and she is a private practice owner who has made the following impact: She has served 3,000+ clients directly, in her career. She has touched more than 25,000 lives with her social media presence and numberous podcast and media appearances. After surviving infidelity, financial abuse, and emotional abuse Tiffany extended her work to include teaching others how to prevent and escape such abuse. Tiffany has dedicated her life to helping others succeed at their dreams by facilitating tangible and transformational change in their lives. She has done so through coaching, training, direct therapy practice, public speaking, small group leading, and social media.