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By Charles Dhewa A couple of questions can motivate African policy makers to think critically and reflect about possible starting points for transforming African agriculture from 2020 and beyond. There is no longer any doubt that most imported policy recommendations have failed to fully develop African economies. To that end, as 2020 beckons African agricultural…
By Farai Chirimumimba For President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 2019 has been a year of constant turmoil. On the economic front, he has presided over perpetual failure as he has increasingly relied on his own instincts and underperforming cabinet. In just the last few months, a massive strike by junior doctors has paralysed the health sector. Lawyer…
Although the mainstream media thrives on controversial headings and subjects, things take a different turn when you start marketing controversial products. Aside from the fierce debate from enthusiasts and critics, some various barriers and requirements make it cumbersome to market contested products adequately. On one end, you need to avoid issues with regulatory authorities for…
Traveling is the shortcut towards living multiple lives all at once. By exploring different places, you experience the joy of diverse cultures, traditions as well as heritage. Not only does it make you gain knowledge, but it also transforms your personality into a modest one. You learn the importance of being kind and realize what…
… as we commemorate the International Year of Plant Health 2020 By Mathew Abang In Africa, transboundary plant pests and diseases are costly to combat because control efforts are usually undertaken after huge crop losses have already occurred. Improving national capacities to sustainably monitor, prevent and reduce crop losses will have multiple advantages, but…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has just quality assured a third pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, that protects children against certain types of pneumonia and will be much more affordable than existing vaccines. This critical step will enable countries and treatment providers to procure more affordable versions of the…
On 21 December 2019, over 300 children from the Atlantis community participated in a peace walk and community clean up at the Dura Park, as a symbol of goodwill and peace over festive season. The event was hosted by the City of Cape Town, in collaboration with International Peace Youth Group (IPYG), International Women’s…
By Anyway Yotamu. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday 20 December 2019 participated in a symposium to mark the United Nations Anti-Corruption Day where he responded to questions and concerns raised by the public on the fight against graft. The UN Anti-Corruption Day falls on December 9. The symposium was organised by the African Parliamentarians Network…
By Byron Mutingwende The Ruwa Local Board has set a target of planting over 1 million trees in five years, Benam Nyawo, the local authority’s environmental health officer has said. Nyawo revealed the plan at the belated commemoration of the National Tree Planting Day at the Chiremba Recreational Grounds in Ruwa. “Our…
The Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association (ZPHCA) is building grass-root women and the community’s resilience to climate change, it has been established. With support from Huairou Commission, ZPHCA is undertaking efforts to reduce potential impacts of this natural catastrophe by embarking on awareness campaigns, workshops as well as providing peer education and information reading…
By Anyway Yotamu. Acting Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Hon Kirsty Coventry said schools should not increase fees by over 20 percent without Government approval, and charging in foreign currency is illegal as it is also an offence for schools to sell uniforms or force parents to buy them at selected stores. Minister Coventry…
By Byron Mutingwende Migrant workers play a vital role in the global economy since they benefit the countries they work in as well as their countries of origin through sending back money to their families, Mr. Mario Lito Malanca, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission for Zimbabwe has said. Mr….
The loan is expected to contribute significantly to food security, food import substitution, and household incomes by creating jobs and increasing local productivity and distribution The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Board of Directors has approved a $60m loan to Elnefeidi Group Holding Company to help finance its long-term agriculture and food expansion programme. The planned…
This partnership will have a long-lasting impact on the economic perspective of young people Recently, Alioune Ndiaye, CEO of Orange Africa and Middle East (www.Orange.com), and Kathinka Kurz, Head of the Development Partnerships Program with the private sector (develoPPP.de) at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, signed a partnership agreement to develop the…
Cassava On Demand has launched VAYA Air Charter, a service that will allow business and tourist travellers to hire private planes to any destination. The service will be the first of its kind in Zimbabwe and will see VAYA – which in the past year has successfully rolled out many services under its VAYA Mobility,…
According to the third quarter performance report for the postal and telecommunications sector released by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) Director-General, Dr Gift Machengete in Harare today, OneMoney had the highest market share in terms of active subscriptions. “The mobile penetration rate increased by 3.4% to reach 88.2% from 84.8% recorded in the…
Dr. Gift Machengete, the Director-General of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has presented the sector performance report for the third quarter of 2019 that had mixed fortunes for the various stakeholders. Presenting the report at the company’s headquarters, Dr. Machengete highlighted various trends that characterised the postal and telecommunications sector in…
In an effort to bridge the funding gap of SMEs, the country’s first Alternative Trading Platform (ATP), Financial Securities Exchange (FINSEC), launched the Growth Enterprises Market (GEM) Portal. The GEM Portal is a dedicated online Portal designed for micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in need of raising capital for retooling operations, increase productivity, or…
By Anyway Yotamu President Emmerson Mnangagwa in consultation with the Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development has appointed the board of Zimbabwe Women’s Microfinance Bank a two year term from 18 November 2019. The board was commissioned on Wednesday 18 December 2019 at the ministry boardroom in the capital city. Speaking…
Pure Oil Industries trading as Zimgold, has proved that it not only operating in the country to just generate profits, but rather to also serve the society and impact it in a positive and meaningful way when it honoured charitable organisations and community heroes with one-year supplies of cooking oil. Speaking at the Pure Oil…
There are many claims in regards to the medical capabilities of cannabis. The relationship between schizophrenia, psychosis, and marijuana is one that many associate with the medical condition itself. WebMD indicates that the THC in cannabis can result in individuals exhibiting psychotic behaviour. However, CBD, another compound that is present in cannabis, has potential benefits…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu State owned telecoms provider, NetOne is spearheading OneMoney activations for informal sector players in the Harare Central Business District (CBD) by offering them a merchant code which will enable them to accept OneMoney transactions onto their businesses. The OneMoney platform is connected to the ZIMSWITCH network, a platform which…
Achieving universal energy access with the help of mini and nano solutions is vital to meet rising food demand and transform rural lives in Africa, according to a panel of experts Investing in new off-grid and mini-grid technologies to extend energy access across Africa will be instrumental in helping smallholder farmers to meet rising food…
Dealing with transboundary pests is tricky at the best of times. Standards, practices, capacity levels and engagement vary across countries and regions, and responses are often ad hoc and ineffective. However, matters become even more complex when the pest in question flies over borders, threatens the food security and livelihoods of millions, and causes severe…
By Charles Dhewa Challenges facing each African economy are so many and so diverse that trying to address them all at once is like chasing too many hares and at the end failing to catch one. That is why taking a sectoral approach makes sense. For instance, there is no longer any doubt that agriculture…
By Anyway yotamu and Joyce Mukucha With support from the International Organisation for Migration(IOM), US Department of State Bureau of Population and the European Union, the Government of Zimbabwe has launched the National Referral Mechanism for Vulnerable Migrants in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a destination for irregular migrants, asylum seekers, undocumented Labour migrants, unaccompanied migrant children…
As part of the global policy drive, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched the 2019 human development report focusing on growing inequalities as the main development challenge to overcome. The current socio-economic challenges notwithstanding, it is important to note that, between 1990 and 2018, Zimbabwe registered a 13.2 percent increase in the…
India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) is hosting the fifth edition of The Pulses Conclave 2020, its biennial event at Aamby Valley City, Lonavala, Pune, India from February 12th to 14th, 2020. The Pulses Conclave is the world’s largest conference-cum-exhibition on the Pulses sector and this year we expect over 1000 delegates from India and…
At the occasion of COP25 held in Madrid, Spain on 02 – 13 December 2019, the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) joined by the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophone (APF) convened non-PAP Parliamentarians from across…
The ZANU (PF) Conference taking place at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East is meant to share perspectives on quickening the pace towards greater economic stability and growth, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. “This Conference must therefore share perspectives with regards how we can quicken the pace of re-building and modernising both our Party and…
The total amount of co-financing is expected to be more than $ 1.2 billion when subsequent phases of the project are concluded Over three million people in Tanzania and Kenya will benefit from a €345 million financing package for road construction support, approved by the African Development Bank’s (https://www.AfDB.org/) board in Abidjan on Thursday. The…
The project is being executed under the Lusaka Sanitation Master Plan which aims to provide citywide sanitation services by 2035 “Sometimes, it looks to me like surgery in the belly of an ancient beast,” says Herbert Chinokoro, senior water and sanitation engineer at the African Development Bank’s Country Office in Lusaka, Zambia. He is describing…
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) unveiled the findings from the Zimbabwe 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on women and children worldwide, developed and supported by UNICEF. The 2019 Zimbabwe MICS for which field work was conducted between January and April 2019 received funding…
NetOne, being one of the leading mobile telephony companies does not exist only to provide wide mobile network coverage but reaches out to the less privileged members of the community as well. This came to light today when the company extended a giving hand to people with albinism at it’s headquarters in Harare. The spirit…
Cassava On Demand’s VAYA mobility division has unveiled two new services – VAYA Cross Border and VAYA Intercity – ahead of the busy holiday season. Speaking on the launch of the services, Vaya CEO Mrs Dorothy Zimuto said the services are set to bring much-needed relief to travellers during the busy festive period and beyond….
According to Adamon Mukasa, senior researcher at the African Development Bank, under-skilled youth represented 28.9% of Africa’s population The second day of the 2019 African Economic Conference, exploring ways to create jobs for Africa’s youth, focused on the youth skills gap issue across the continent. The conference in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh…
By Anyway Yotamu Harare City Council has increased clamping and towing charges in a move to rein in errant motorists in the central business district (CBD) with a 700 percent spike starting Thursday 12 December 2019. The charges, which have since been approved by the Government, seek to discourage illegal parking and other traffic offences…
By Joyce Mukucha As 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) came to a close, Katswe Sistahood together with Trocaire and Plan International joined hands with various churches and the general public of Epworth community in launching the SpeakOut Campaign against Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV). Church leaders were urged to fight violence,…
By Anyway Yotamu and Tatenda Mujeyi Seed Co Zimbabwe has extended its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to selected charitable organisations on the 11th of December 2019 at the company’s Stapleford offices in Harare. The largest seed company in the Southern African region has partnered with Mutemwa Leprosy Center, Mother of Peace, Mashambanzou Care Trust and…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is in the process of identifying projects in the key sectors of Cameroon to assist the country to achieve a rapid transformation of the economy through trade, Rene Awambeng, Global Head of Client Relations of the Bank, has said. Mr. Awambeng, who was speaking yesterday during a roadshow organised in Douala, Cameroon, to…
Higherlife Foundation today launched the ‘Support Our Hospitals’ campaign aimed at capacitating doctors working in public hospitals by mobilizing funding and material support to ensure public medical staff are well resourced to carry out their work. The initiative, which follows the recent launch of a Z$100 million doctors’ training Fellowship by the Masiyiwa Family…
On Thursday 12 December all roads lead to Kennilworth in Bubi Ward 19 where Habakkuk Trust will be commemorating the International Human Rights Day. The celebrations, to be held at Lukona Primary School grounds will run under the theme: Youth Standing Up For Human Rights; which is a United Nations theme aiming to celebrate the…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu Housing cooperatives, land barons, property developers and politicians illegally sold over US$4billion worth of urban State land since 2005 and pocketed most the of the cash, the Commission of Inquiry revealed Tuesday 10 December 2019 when they presented their report and findings to the presidium. Over 400 cases of…
By Michael Gwasira Ecosure marked its 5th anniversary celebration today at the Cassava Smartech Headquarters in Harare. It was a great milestone associated with celebration and ululation despite the prevailing harsh economic circumstances. Ecosure is an extension of Cassava Smartech which is a subsidiary of Econet Group. Ecosure offers insurance services cover to all Zimbabweans…
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