Forum to advance projects to bankable stages, raise capital, and accelerate financial closure of deals The Africa Investment Forum kicked off on Monday with a media briefing in the South African capital. The game changing event, aimed at attracting multi-billion-dollar deals across the continent, is set to usher in a new era for Africa’s investment…
Matchday four in the group stage of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League is headlined by the return matches between Juventus and Manchester United, Internazionale and Barcelona, as well as Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. The latter clash between the La Liga giants and Bundesliga title hopefuls could well be the game of the round….
Following Kwesé’s announcement of its move towards digital services, the broadcaster has said it will grant loyal Kwesé TV subscribers complimentary access to Kwesé iflix for 12 months. This means Kwesé TV subscribers with an active subscription as at October 31, 2018, can indulge in one year’s worth of uninterrupted access to a vast library…
By Byron Mutingwende Apostle Tendai Kapondoro, the Founder of Sheepgate Church has revealed that everything is in place for the much-anticipated Zimbabwe for Christ Crusade to be headlined by Senior Apostle John Chi from Cameroon. Apostle John Chi is the former Wiseman of Prophet TB Joshua of the popular Synagogue Church of All Nations…
By Jacob Mafume (MDC Spokesperson) The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is shocked by the admission by the acting Prosecutor General Mr. Kumbirai Hodzi that he is captured by the Executive. Responding to a question on why he has not prosecuted 27 high profile cases in his locker, he clearly remarked that, “I get instructions…
Zimnat, one of the country’s leading insurance and financial services companies, is running an innovation accelerator programme and challenging developers, local hubs and universities with an open call for innovative ideas that will enable it to develop products suited to the 21st Century and beyond. It is doing this by means of a competition for…
The 2018 edition of World Travel Market (WTM) will see the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) continue its operational focus on investing in innovation and digital advances for a tourism sector that can deliver opportunities for all. UNWTO will co-host a Ministerial Summit and launch a white paper on the relationship between music and tourism at…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Zimbabwe has begun the implementation of its Lean Season Assistance programme for the 2018/19 season in October with a contribution (US$22 million) from the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which will support more than 430,000 food insecure people. “This contribution…
By Miriam Zvomuya Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba, the National Spokesperson of the Zimbabwe Republic Police said police will work to ensure that journalists are safe and protected. Charamba made the remarks during the commemoration of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Harare at the Annual Media Stakeholders Conference organised…
By Edward Makuzva Youth Aspire Development Trust (YADT) recently held a public speaking competition with 10 colleges in Chitungwiza with a support from Her Voice funding so as to capacitate adolescents on sexual and reproductive health rights . The public speaking competition focused on Adolescent health, Gender Based violence, TB, Malaria and HIV and AIDS and also…
By Byron Mutingwende Ecofarmer is working towards modernising agriculture by embracing technologies in order to improve production efficiency, achieve food security and profitability for farmers. In a speech read on his behalf by Mr. Leonard Munamati – the Provincial Crop and Livestock Production Officer for Mashonaland East Province at the Ecofarmer Agri-tech expo…
By Charles Dhewa The intersection between health and nutrition continues to be a grey area for ordinary people in many developing countries. There have not been serious efforts to develop appropriate ways of sharing nutrition knowledge with the majority. For instance, formal education systems have not done enough to move health and nutrition from being…
Between May 2017 and September 2018, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) treated 2,600 victims of sexual violence in the town of Kananga in Kasai Central province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Eighty per cent reported having been raped by armed men. “These figures are an indication of the high level of…
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for human Rights (ZLHR) has reported that a local court has acquitted three villagers, who had been on trial for allegedly insulting a traditional leader, whom they had allegedly denounced for disapproving their support to an opposition political party. The three villagers namely Trymore Kutadzaushe, aged 34 years, Chipo Mushonga, aged 38…
The organisation has contributed immensely towards reducing the rate of unemployment on the African continent Africa holds a very high rate of youth unemployment. In Ghana for instance, about 120,000 young people graduate from various institutions with about 10% getting employed after the first year of completion. Over 16% will never work in their lifetime,…
By Byron Mutingwende One of the leading mobile telephony companies, NetOne, has gone a gear up in terms of raising awareness on the need to promote preventive behaviour against outbreaks like cholera among Zimbabwean citizens. Speaking during a massive clean-up campaign in the Harare Central Business District (CBD) on 1 November 2018, Mr….
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) concluded its 109th Executive Council session in Manama, Bahrain yesterday, with Members showing appreciation both for progress made under the 2018 institutional priorities and for the Organisation’s financial stability and restructuring process. Today, UNWTO will also introduce a forum named ‘Tourism Tech Adventure: Big Data Solutions, bringing together the ‘ecosystem’ of…
By Elvis Dzvene Zimbabwe’s new fiscal and monetary measures have left the economy in a state of extreme confusion, fuelling inflation rate to fluctuate above 200%. On October 1, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya raised tax on electronic transactions to 2% from a flat five cents per…
By Byron Mutingwende The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority yesterday met with the Tourism Business Council, tourism operators and other tourism sector players at the Tourism House in Harare and discussed a wide range of issues which include pricing of the tourism product, the state of tourism and ways of manoeuvring the prevailing economic challenges within the…
The First Lady of Rwanda, H.E Mrs Jeannette Kagame joined Pan-African Parliament Members to call for women’s role in fighting against corruption on the continent. This is in line with the theme of the 11th Pan-African Parliament Conference on Women’s Rights under the theme: “Pan-African Parliament fights against corruption” being hosted in Kigali, Rwanda. The two-day conference scheduled to conclude…
Zimnat is to hold a charity half-marathon on November 10 to raise money to assist a 30-year-old Bulawayo man, Cebisani Ndlovu, who needs spinal cord surgery. Mr Ndlovu, who holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Honours degree in Risk Management and Insurance, is finding it increasingly difficult to walk, even with the aid of…
Millions of African farmers still face legal restrictions on water access, dating back to colonial times, according to a study released this week. Researchers with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Pegasys Institute reveal the obstacles that smallholders face, including potential legal penalties, due to laws that originated and led to “water grabbing” in…
Zimnat is sponsoring a Zimbabwean financial journalist’s participation in the annual Sanlam Summer School for Financial Journalists being held in Hartebeespoort, which is outside Johannesburg in South Africa, next week. After inviting media houses to nominate a young business or financial reporter who might benefit from this summer school, Zimnat decided to sponsor Tatira Zwinoira,…
Known simply as “The Match”, the much-heralded $9-million match play event between golf superstars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will be broadcast live on DStv’s SuperSport in late November. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the event would be screen on SuperSport 1 on Friday November 23, when Zimbabwean golf…
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition on October 30, 2018 met with the SADC Chairperson and President of Namibia, H.E Hage Geingob at State House in Windhoek, Namibia to brief him on the deepening political and economic crisis bedevilling Zimbabwe. The meeting, came upon a request by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and a delegation from…
In response to recent media reports alleging the discovery of a cure for HIV and AIDS, Dr. Alex Gasasira WHO Representative to Zimbabwe said, “there is no cure for HIV infection. However, effective antiretroviral (ARV) drugs can control the virus and help prevent transmission so that people with HIV, and those at substantial risk, can…
KinderCare Zimbabwe will host the inaugural Annual conference and Awards ceremony for “Women in Business in the Education Sector (Early Childhood Development)”, under the theme, “Advancing Women’s Participation in Business- change agents of a community”. This will be held at Cresta Jameson, Harare from 1 to 2 November 2018. “We are honoured to have in our…
By ZimRights Information Department Windhoek, Namibia – A joint delegation of civil society leaders from Zimbabwe and civil society solidarity partners from the Southern African region, yesterday, met Southern African Development Community (SADC) chairperson and Namibian president, H.E Hage Geingob, in Windhoek, Namibia. Members of the delegation drawn from the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition…
By Byron Mutingwende The Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe (LEDRIZ) has produced a publication focusing on the importance of upholding socio-economic rights of the citizens. Dr. Prosper Chitambara, while introducing the publication titled “Socio-economic rights in Zimbabwe: A Situational Analysis 1980–2018 “ to journalists in Harare on 30 October 2018, said…
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders’ response to Zimbabwe’s second largest cholera outbreak is bearing a positive impact towards addressing the epidemic. Zimbabwe has been grappling with cholera since 12 September 2018 when the outbreak was officially declared an emergency. This is the second largest cholera outbreak the country has seen after the devastating epidemic that…
By Byron Mutingwende Cuba’s Ambassador, Her Excellence Carmelina Ramirez Rodriguez has said her country enjoys a long-standing relationship with Zimbabwe and urged the Southern African country to remain resolute as it works towards development. In an exclusive interview with Spiked Online Media, Ambassador Rodriguez said the relationship between the two countries that date back…
By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe enjoys cordial relations with Turkey with common interests between the two nations increasingly pivoted on economic cooperation. In his address at the Republic of Turkey’s National Day reception held in Harare on 29 October 2018, Ambassador Chitsaka Chipaziwa from Zimbabwe’s ministry of foreign affairs congratulated Turkey on its 95th Anniversary of…
The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) signs a historical Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in a bid to strengthen tax legislations in Africa and combat illicit financial flows (IFF). During the first ordinary session of the fifth parliament, the Executive Secretary of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), Mr Logan Wort…
By Byron Mutingwende Southern African countries are meeting in Pretoria to share notes on the current migration management project in a bid to find solutions to the complexity of the issue affecting the regional economic community. In his address during the stakeholders meeting, Dr. Joni Musabayana, the Director of the Decent Work Team…
Zimbabwean authorities have stepped up their crackdown against perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after arresting and charging a Bulawayo man with undermining authority of or insulting the ZANU PF party leader. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) reported that Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers on Friday 26 October 2018 arrested Wisdom Mkwananzi and…
By Byron Mutingwende The famous Sekuru Banda has emerged the best on the Top 10 list of most popular and powerful religious leaders in Zimbabwe that was released by Achievers’ Forum Zimbabwe. “We are not surprised by Sekuru Banda’s achievement because he has been riding on a wave of success – not only in terms…
Zimbabwean companies struggling with getting their staff to work or going about their daily business requiring transport amid the current fuel crisis in Zimbabwe will be able to get round the challenge by using the new Vaya Lift ride service launched by Econet’s Cassava On Demand in Harare on Thursday. The ride hailing service,…
The timely intervention to clean up the City of Harare by the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Prophet Walter Magaya contributes to the cleanliness of the environment and promotes tourism, Priscah Mupfumira the Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry has said. “The responsibility for a clean, safe and healthy environment is…
By Miriam Zvomuya and Gideon Madzikatidze The Zimbabwe Divine Destiny Executive Director, Bishop Ancelimo Magaya has urged the government of Zimbabwe to urgently arrest socio-economic and political decay. The clergyman said it was clear the government was incapacitated and performing worse than the previous Mugabe administration. Speaking at a press conference in Harare yesterday, Bishop…
By Michael Mashiri Oxfam Zimbabwe has launched a programme called Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods (CARL), which is an initiative designed to end poverty in rural areas. The project endeavours to make sure that rural women increase their income and economic power in sustainable agricultural crop supply chains such as groundnuts, pea beans, cattle and…
Television history will be made soon with the first WWE pay-per-view event exclusively featuring women wrestling superstars, to be captured for local viewers by SuperSport. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the WWE Evolution would take place in New York in the early hours (Zimbabwean time) of Monday October 29,…
The transformation of trade in Africa is a task that all African financial institutions must collectively pursue as major stakeholders in the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in its quest to facilitate African trade, Amr Kamel, Afreximbank Executive Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Banking, said in Dar Es Salam on Thursday. Speaking during a roadshow organized…
BY Miriam Zvomuya The Harare City Council in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Commerce and Law gave certificates to 77 graduates who have successfully gone under a five-week course. The certification ceremony was held yesterday at the Rainbow Towers Hotel. The idea of graduate trainee came as a way of supporting the…
Rolls out convenient, App-based Uber-type transport service Embarks on massive driver recruitment campaign Cassava On Demand Services has launched the much-anticipated ‘Vaya Lift’ ride service, a safe, convenient and affordable passenger transportation service that can be easily booked from anywhere, at any time, via the convenience of a mobile application (App). Speaking at the launch…
By Byron Mutingwende Stakeholder collaborative efforts are on the right track towards the elimination of cholera and typhoid. Speaking during the on-going media training workshop on cholera reporting in Mazowe, Dr Portia Manangazira, the Director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care hailed stakeholder collaboration towards the elimination of…
