A new bill, the Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act, was introduced yesterday in both the US House and Senate. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) endorses this bill as it would give people, governments, and treatment providers like MSF more leverage to negotiate fair drug prices. Currently, pharma doesn’t have to disclose how much they spend on R&D to bring new…
By Ms Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO of AUDA-NEPAD As the global economy faces unprecedented challenges amid trade wars, disruptions in worldwide transport and logistics systems, shocks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, geo-political tensions on the continent, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and its impact on the price of oil and food security as well as the growing…
Of every 10 babies born, 1 is preterm – and every 40 seconds, 1 of those babies dies Preterm birth rates have not changed in the past decade in any region of the world The impacts of conflict, climate change, COVID-19 are increasing risks for women and babies everywhere Action is needed urgently to improve…
By Lloyd Rabaya The Government has disregarded a document titled General Notice 635 of 2023 that circulated on social media early this week purporting that it has placed procurement of certain goods under national interest. According to the document dated 05 May 2023, which also had the name of the Chief Secretary to the President…
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority continued on its drive to strengthen its tourism promotion in the African continent through the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Eswatini Tourism Authority at the ongoing Africa Travel Indaba in Durban, South Africa. The MOU is intended to establish a legal framework for the advancement of institutional and…
Zimbabwe is hosting an Agriculture Investment Forum under the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, which is forging stronger partnerships for increased investments to transform agro-food systems. In his remarks at the 3-day workshop that kicked off in Harare today, Dr. Anxious Masuka, the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development said the gathering held under the…
The Embassy of the state of Palestine in Harare condemns in the strongest terms the heinous crimes committed by the Israeli apartheid occupation army against its people in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Embassy reported that the crimes have led to the death of 12 martyrs, which include 4 children, 4 women, and unarmed civilians,…
Over 250 African Parliamentarians are expected to converge on Midrand, South Africa for the Second Ordinary Session of the Six Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), scheduled from 15 May to 02 June 2023. The continent’s premier parliamentary forum is set to devise ways to fast-track the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area…
Powertel Communications has launched a zero reconnection fee promotion targeted at retaining its clients who already have existing access network infrastructure on their premises. This follows notable efforts by the organisation in recent weeks, which focussed on improving service delivery through improved internet performance and improved service responsiveness. An excited Powertel customer in Avondale identified…
By Lloyd Rabaya The Young Journalists Association (YOJA) has applauded efforts by the Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) on walking the talk on the right to information as the two held World Press Freedom Day commemorations in Harare last week. This year’s World Press Freedom Day was held under the theme “Shaping a…
The wait is over. DStv customers can look forward to the much anticipated prime-time drama series SHAKA iLEMBE which will launch on Sunday, 18 June at 20:00 CAT. SHAKA iLEMBE represents the best of African storytelling. It was created for a local market, but it is also, most certainly, a global television property. This is an epic…
Longstanding fraternal relations continue to grow between Kenya and Zimbabwe, the first-ever Mid-Term Review (MTR) Meeting of the Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation (JPCC) between the two countries revealed. This emerged at the Mid-Term Review of the 3rd Session of the Kenya-Zimbabwe Joint Permanent Commission for Cooperation that kicked off in Harare today and will…
Old Mutual Zimbabwe through the Eight2Five Innovation Hub impacted startups and entrepreneurship at this year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair’s Scholastica and Innovators Forum program by bringing the hub’s flagship incubation program The Value Creation Challenge. Deadline for applications closed on Friday 28 April during the Z.I.T.F week having received over 500 applications from across Zimbabwe….
Contrary to beliefs by most policymakers in African countries, in the history of mankind, no country has built an inclusive society using external food and foreign knowledge systems. That is why developing countries should make sure foreign forces do not accelerate the loss of local food and indigenous knowledge systems (IKS). Progressive actions in this…
His Excellency William S. Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya, visited the floating headquarters of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) in Rotterdam yesterday to participate in a Strategic Dialogue at the Africa Climate Action Summit. The Africa Climate Action Summit is being co-hosted by the Government of Kenya and the African Union Commission…
UNWTO and the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) have outlined their plans for stronger and closer collaboration. Since the first Forum was held in 2012, the two organizations have partnered around promoting closer links between governments and tourism’s private sector. Building on this success, UNWTO and GTEF have announced plans for a revamped and enhanced…
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Honourable Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu will lead the tourism industry at the upcoming Africa’s Travel Indaba tourism trade showcase which kicks off tomorrow and will run until Thursday in Durban, South Africa. Zimbabwe is set to showcase its tourism product at Africa’s largest travel trade show. The…
By Elvis Dumba Media practitioners in Mashonaland West had a belated hybrid commemoration of the World Press Freedom Dy held in Chinhoyi yesterday. A Mashonaland West National Peace and Reconciliation Commission representative, Tendai Musonza, urged journalists to remain professional in their duties and remain politically neutral as the country moves towards the harmonized general elections…
Agriculture has been a fundamental aspect of human civilization since ancient times, playing a critical role in providing food and other essential resources necessary for human survival. The sector has been a driver of economic growth, food security and employment for many people, particularly in developing countries, where a significant portion of the population relies…
By Mike Robuck Apple posted an increase in iPhone revenue in fiscal Q2 2023 (the period to 1 April) despite a challenging macroeconomic environment and foreign exchange headwinds, with CEO Tim Cook (pictured) stating it set records for sales of smartphones and services. Cook stated Apple expanded a satellite-based SOS service on its iPhone 14…
By Own Correspondent Rising Gospel hip-hop artiste Craig Zonke has collaborated with a Mozambican musician, Valdy Bello, on a song, Yahweh, which is featured on his album, Holy Mountain. In an interview with Spiked Online Media, the Pasi NeGuka hitmaker said he hooked up with Valdy on the internet after he held an explosive show…
Elvis Dumba Mapinga – A new smart city is expected for Mapinga to serve the proposed US13 Billion Mine to Energy Industrial Park that will serve a US $450 million Lithium salt plant, which is earmarked for Mapinga The plant will encompass two 300mw thermal power plants, a coking plant, a nickel-chromium alloy smelter, and…
The Speaker of Parliament Hon Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda is in Algiers, Algeria, on a Parliamentary Bilateral Visit at the invitation of his counterpart, His Excellency, Speaker Brahim Boughali, Speaker of the People’s National Assembly. He is accompanied by members of the Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, namely, Hon. Webster Kotiwani…
Watch live on Saturday 6 May His Majesty King Charles III will be crowned alongside The Queen Consort in a historic Coronation at Westminster Abbey, the first to take place in nearly 70 years. They will arrive at the Abbey in procession from Buckingham Palace known as ‘The King’s Procession.’ After the Service, the newly…
By Baboloki Semele It is all cylinders firing as the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption-AUABC in partnership with Stellenbosch University in Western Cape, South Africa is preparing to host the African Anti-Corruption Research Network in Tanzania next week. The anticipated workshop will run from 9th to 11th May 2023 in Arusha, Tanzania at the…
As Gilead Sciences held its annual stockholders’ meeting yesterday, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on the US pharmaceutical corporation to finally fulfill its 2018 promise and ensure that the lifesaving drug liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB, marketed as Ambisome) is more widely available for people with HIV who also…
By Elvis Dumba Media practitioners in the country yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Press Freedom Day with calls for developing and strengthening press freedom in the country. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists said the press and members of the public struggle to access information from government ministries…
By Staff Reporter Zimbabwe will participate at the Expo 2025 Osaka which is expected to unlock the country’s value in terms of economic growth. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ambassador James Manzou said the country’s participation at the Expo provides an opportunity to forge more partnerships and attract investment…
The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Harare condemns in the strongest terms the assassination of the Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 86 days in Israeli jail protesting his illegal detention. “We hold the Apartheid Israeli occupation regime fully responsible for his death and call for an…
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has signed an agreement with aviation giant Emirates to further boost inbound tourist arrivals and develop traffic into Zimbabwe utilizing the strength of the airline’s global network. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Badr Abbas, Emirates’ Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations for Africa, and Ms. Winnie Munchanyuka, Chief Executive of…
Online money transfer has become an important part of everyday life in Zimbabwe and across the globe. Digital money transfer services not only support millions of businesses but also help keep families and friends connected in the country and across borders. An estimated 908,913 Zimbabweans live and work in the diaspora, according to the Zimbabwe…
As the World celebrates Workers’ Day today, the Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) is calling upon the government to remunerate the health workers well and improve their working conditions to curb the current brain drain that has quickened the collapse of the sector. “Let us also make sure that health workers are provided with…
Destination Zimbabwe takes its tourism campaign back to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, this week where the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) is exhibiting at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which takes place on 1-4 May. ZTA Chief Executive, Ms. Winnie Muchanyuka, has said that her organization is using the Arabian exhibition as an opportunity to create…
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa The long-awaited Nada PaChiputukezi album by contemporary gospel musician Mambo Dhuterere, born Darlington Mutseta, was launched yesterday amid pomp and fanfare. The event was graced by notable guests including Baba naMai Charamba, flamboyant businessman Phillip Chiyangwa, late Oliver Mtukudzi’s wife, Daisy, deputy minister of youth, sports, and Arts, Tinomuda Machakaire, and St…
Smallholder farmers have long been considered purely subsistent producers without the capacity to participate in commercial value chains. This has led to their exclusion from many agribusiness enterprises which typically focus on medium- to large-scale growers. Through the Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and partners are supporting…
By Chimeno Azriel Aspiring Councillor for Kadoma’s Ward 4, Godwin Gwara (ZANU PF), has started offering service delivery to the residents in his ward . Gwara, who is a youthful entrepreneur, recently joined hands with another aspiring Kadoma Central legislator, Cosmas (Cossy Rules) Daka to collect refuse from the streets and has spearheaded the connection…
SuperSport viewers on DStv can look forward to riveting football action with the upcoming Nedbank Cup semi-finals starting in May. This season’s Nedbank Cup has been no different to those held in the past although there is something richly familiar about the first semi-final hitting subscriber screens next weekend. It comes in the form of the ageless…
By Own Correspondent A disgruntled Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) board member Phillip Chipfumbu with the support of other members of the beleaguered association has filed a fraud case against the Albert Nyathi-chaired organisation. The ‘theft/abuse of association funds’ case was filed yesterday at Harare Central Police Station under IR 042092. Those implicated include ZIMURA…
The Pan-African Parliament will host the 3rd African Parliamentarians Summit on Climate Policy and Equity scheduled to take place on May 16 – 17 on the sidelines of the Second Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). The Session is scheduled to hold from 15 May to 02 June 2023 at…
Popular traditional healer and philanthropist Sekuru Banda has followed up on his earlier support to Paradzai Mesi after securing a three-hectare plot for the troubled musician. Paradzai Mesi dominated news headlines following his arrest on charges of unlawful entry and stealing from a grocery shop in Concession. While his story attracted so much ridicule from…
J&J’s patent monopoly continues to keep key TB drugs out of reach Johnson & Johnson (J&J) must stop trying to extend its monopoly on tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline in all countries with a high burden of TB, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ahead of J&J’s annual shareholders’ meeting…
It is going to be fireworks on the 25th of May as apostles Dr. L.C and Dr. Florence Kanyati host the Rizpah Conference under the theme “Unveling.” This is a woman’s conference meant to empower women and families through teaching and preaching of the gospel of Christ, taking from the Biblical story of Rizpa from…
For the first time in history, the European Union showcased what it offers at its own stand at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). As #TeamEurope, the EU stand is hosting the EU and EU Member States (Sweden, France, Italy, and The Netherlands this year), as well as various # TeamEurope-funded projects being implemented in…
The President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. William Ruto has called on the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to be the continent’s standard-bearer on issues affecting African citizens. These include issues related to intra-African trade, climate change, democracy, and good governance. The call was made during an audience accorded to the President of the Pan-African Parliament,…
The modernisation and industrialisation of Africa urgently require the adoption of science, technology, and innovation, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. He made the remarks yesterday while officially opening the Sixth Transform Africa Summit running from 26 to 28 April 2023 in Victoria Falls under the theme “Innovate, Connect, Transform” which he said provides an apt…
