The digital economy offers opportunities for increased productivity: Dr. Jenfan Muswere

Speaking during the virtual World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, Dr. Jenfan Mufwere, the Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services said the digital economy offers opportunities for increased productivity even amidst global challenges like COVID-19. Dr. Muswera was among the High-Level Panel Policy Session 7 Speakers at the WSIS 2020 Forum that…

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Chin’ono and Ngarivhume appear in Court, protest against ill-treatment during detention

By Kumbirai Mafunda Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition Transform Zimbabwe party leader Jacob Ngarivhume on Wednesday 22 July 2020 appeared before judicial officers at Harare Magistrates Court answering to charges of inciting people to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government through unconstitutional means. Chin’ono appeared before Magistrate Ngoni Nduna answering to charges of incitement to…

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Chinyambera: The Enduring Traditional Dance in Bikita

By Nimrod Ushe (Arts and Culture Correspondent) Peresu Chikono is one of the prominent Zimbabwean traditional dancers of his time. Born in 1938,  at Chikuku in Bikita, he stood as one of the Chinyambera traditional dance shining stars. The traditional dance guru has performed his exuberant dances overseas, at a regional level and locally at…

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Sanyati Information Centre launched to give communities access to ICTs

Community Information Centres are key infrastructure that enables local communities to have access to Information Communication Technology (ICT) services, Minister Jenfan Muswere told delegates at the launch of the Sanyati Community Information Centre today. The launch comes as the Government has identified ICTs as one of the pillars and cornerstones for economic development.  “The Government…

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COVID-19: New report examines how to prevent future pandemics

UN Environment Programme Ebola, SARS, Zika, HIV/AIDS, West Nile fever and now COVID-19. These are some of the highest-profile diseases to emerge in the last several decades. And while they emerged in different parts of the world, they have one thing in common. They are what scientists call “zoonotic diseases,” infections that jump between animals…

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Religious Leaders Speak Out Against South Korea’s Scapegoating of Church after Members Test Positive for COVID-19

Religious leaders and NGOs in association with the United Nations around the globe have raised their voices on the need to correct inappropriate persecution and human rights violations against a South Korea religious group, Shincheonji Church of Jesus. From Southern Africa, fourteen (14) religious leaders from the Christian, Islam, Hindu, the Church of Scientology, Hare…

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ECOZI, ECIS, ZNCWC welcome decision to defer the opening of schools

The Education Coalition Of Zimbabwe (ECOZI, Every Child In School – ECIS and the Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children (ZNCWC) are in support of and commend the cabinet decision to defer the reopening of schools for examination classes scheduled for July 28 in light of the rising number of confirmed Covid-19 infections. The…

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Government to regularise informal settlements: Minister Garwe

By Anyway Yotamu With the current housing backlog standing at nearly 2, 5 million people on the waiting list, Government is redesigning all informal housing settlements in urban and peri-urban areas in a move meant to sanctify the illegal structures and give ownership to the occupiers. Informal housing settlements do not have water reticulation systems…

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Pembi Bridge commissioned in Mvurwi

By Staff Reporter Vice President Kembo Mohadi officially commissioned Pembi River Bridge worth US$1.8 million close to Mvurwi town in Mashonaland Central. In a speech read on his behalf by the Vice President, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, said the government will continue to prioritise the allocation of resources for infrastructure development to improve the quality of lives…

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Turkey pledges to promote democracy and fight terrorism

His Excellency, Mr. Hakan Kivanc, the Ambassador of Turkey to Zimbabwe has reiterated his country’s commitment to fighting terrorism and promoting democracy worldwide. The Ambassador made the remarks on the occasion of the 15 July Feto Coup Attempt Briefing Meeting today Wednesday 15 July 2020 at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Harare. “For us,…

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Mandela Mile Asks World To Step Up! With Virtual Party Honoring Nelson Mandela #forKofi

With the world on lockdown, Mandela Mile unites global leaders and Afro Nation artists for music and conversation with 3D audio technology Mandela Mile (https://MandelaMile.global/), the annual commemoration and global leadership challenge, will cap off international Mandela Day festivities with an online party on Sunday, 19 July 2020 from Midnight until 2:00 AM in Johannesburg, South…

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Twelve African leaders selected for Facebook Community Accelerator Programme

Awarding up to $3 million, selected community leaders will receive up to $30,000 in funding As part of its focus in bringing people together and building communities, Facebook (www.Facebook.com) today announced the 12 African community leaders who have been selected to join Facebook’s Community Accelerator (https://bit.ly/2Wj59Hp), a six-month programme that aims to equip communities with the training,…

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Out of Tragedy Comes Opportunity: How Can Global Health Multilateralism Seize the Moment?

Julia Kaufman, Alexander Winch, Shu-Shu Tekle-Haimanot, and Kalipso Chalkidou How will the pandemic affect health services and financing across Africa? How can global health multilateralism play a more effective role in securing good health for all in the face of COVID-19? And how can health aid be most effectively targeted? Last month, CGD and the Global…

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AWIEF Launches Enterprise Development for Women-Owned Ventures in Green Energy Startup Incubator

The Startup Incubator programme is aimed at helping women turn their renewable and green energy enterprise idea into a product or service that customers want to buy The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) (http://www.AWIEForum.org) has launched a new initiative “Enterprise Development for Women-Owned Ventures in Green Energy” and is pleased to announce the…

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Zee World putting safety first in COVID-19 times

Zee Entertainment’s popular General Entertainment Channel Zee World ensured its viewers safety by distributing face masks at various malls across South Africa. Cloth masks have been endorsed by the governments across the globe to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and Zee World has been at the forefront of keeping its viewers safe through initiatives…

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Screening Of Travellers Can Help Curb Spread Of COVID-19: PAZ

By Ronnie Chisamba The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has proposed the screening of commuters at roadblocks and other checkpoints as a move that can curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tafadzwa Goliati, the association’s president, made the suggestion on behalf of the organization in a press statement that was released on various social…

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Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

Securing healthy diets for the billions who cannot afford them would save trillions in costs More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple…

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Women’s Coalition urges President Mnangagwa to urgently address deteriorating healthcare provision

By Anyway Yotamu The Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ), a woman’s organization umbrella board has blasted the deteriorating health sector in the country and urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently address the situation. In a statement, the pressure group says women and girls have lost the little hope they had realised before the COVID-19 pandemic induced…

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Breaking research advances announced ahead of virtual COVID-19 Conference

Important advances in COVID-19 research, including promising data on new treatments, were announced today ahead of the virtual COVID-19 Conference, the world’s first abstract-driven scientific meeting dedicated to the global pandemic. Hosted by IAS – International AIDS Society, the COVID-19 Conference will take place on 10 July (extending into July 11 in some time zones), following…

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How Do We Move Towards More Sustainable and Transparent Mechanisms to Prevent and Address Corruption?

By ZIMCODD The dismissal of the former Minister of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), Obadiah Moyo by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday, 7 July 2020 highlights the perversity of public corruption and the inadequacy of oversight mechanisms in Zimbabwe. Conditions of weak oversight mechanisms, poor remuneration, breakdown in the rule of law and weakened commitment…

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WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

WHO and partners launched the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator to speed up the development, production and equitable access to COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa (www.Afro.WHO.int) joined immunization experts in urging the international community and countries in Africa to take concrete actions to ensure equitable access to…

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HDF procures lifesaving equipment to fight COVID-19 and strengthen immunization in Zimbabwe

The Health Development Fund (HDF), managed by UNICEF and UNFPA with funding from the United Kingdom (DFID), European Union (EU) Sida-Sweden, Irish Aid and the Global Vaccine Alliance (Gavi),  continues to support the Government of Zimbabwe in the strengthening of its health systems with the procurement of 198 Oxygen Concentrators for the fight against COVID-19; and…

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Look out for returnees absconding quarantine: President Mnangagwa

By Anyway Yotamu President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed concern over the number of returnees who are absconding from quarantine facilities around the country and has urged Zimbabweans to be on the lookout for returning residents who do not have COVID-19 clearance certificates. COVID-19 is wreaking havoc across the globe with Zimbabwe not being spared. This…

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Government of Zimbabwe Receives $1, 755, 890 from ARC Ins. Ltd to Combat Drought Risk Amidst COVID19 Pandemic

The African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) today made payouts of USD 1.4 million to the Government of Zimbabwe and another US$ 290,288 to UN World Food Programme (WFP), in parametric drought risk insurance payouts to support the extensive drought response efforts in Zimbabwe. The payouts announced via a virtual ceremony were the…

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Sunny Yi Feng Tiles pledges environmental compliance

Following an outcry from the community about flouting of rules, the management of tile manufacturer, Sunny Yi Feng in Norton, has pledged environmental compliance. Briefing Environment Minister, Hon. Mangaliso Ndlovu who was accompanied by Minister of State for Mashonaland West Province Mrs. Mary Mliswa Chikoka at a tour organised on the behest of Norton legislator,…

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UNFPA, partners call for urgent action to confront the silent and endemic crisis of Gender-Based Violence & harmful practices

Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities, according to the State of World Population 2020, recently launched by UNFPA, the United Nations’ sexual and reproductive health agency. Findings from the State of the World Population…

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The knowledge brokering role of transporters in African food systems

By Charles Dhew Beyond transporting commodities from production zones to markets, transporters have a much more important knowledge brokering role in African food systems. Transporters are unique informants who get information from diverse actors and sources such as farmers, traders, other transporters, fuel dealers, equipment manufacturers and others. They also convey information from the market…

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ZNOART piles pressure on City of Harare to end graft

By Anyway Yotamu The Zimbabwe National Organisation of Associations and Residents Trusts (ZNOART) is piling pressure on the Harare City Council to end corruption and improve service delivery. In a statement to this publication, ZNOART  National Chairperson Mr. Shalvar Chikomba said, “City Council officials and councillors have a major problem on their hands. The truth…

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U.S. contributes $60.55 million to the WFP to assist Zimbabwe during the lean season

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide $60.55 million toward the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2020/21 Lean Season Food Assistance program in Zimbabwe.  The lean season assistance will begin in August and will feed nearly one million people during the peak of the season, from January to April 2021. …

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Strive Masiyiwa Buys Back Mascom Botswana For USD$300 Million

Masiyiwa salutes frontline healthcare workers in the Diaspora & in Africa

Econet founder and Africa Union Special Envoy for COVID-19, philanthropist and businessman Strive Masiyiwa, has paid a stirring tribute to African frontline health professionals working in the Diaspora, as well as all healthcare workers serving on the African continent. Writing on his popular Facebook blog, the businessman expresses his gratitude to the health professionals for…

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African ministers, social partners join ILO high-level summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work

The pandemic has devastated the world of work, causing massive human suffering and exposing the extreme vulnerability of millions of workers and enterprises on the continent More than 50 African ministers of labour or employment, along with representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations and international organizations joined the International Labour Organization (www.ILO.org) Regional Office for…

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Action Alert from Adolescent Girls and Young Women with support from ATHENA network

Across the world, the public health emergency posed by COVID-19 continues to impact and unfold in multiple and intersecting ways in our communities. A crisis has the power to make the invisible visible. When it comes to adolescent girls and young women and COVID19, this is certain because while COVID19 is a public health crisis,…

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Unravelling the legends, myths, and taboos of Chibvumani National Monument in Bikita

By Nimrod Ushe The Chibvumani National Monument is one of the dry-stone fortresses of the Munhumutapa Empire. It is believed that the Shona speaking people inhabited this place between 12th – 15th soon after the demise of Great Zimbabwe (Caton-Tompson 1931). According to heritage practitioners,this site was engineered using biotite granite blocks quarried from the…

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Stella Madzimbamuto: Rest In Power Forerunner of our Liberation Struggle

By Richard Mahomva Stella Madzimbamuto is no more. This warrior woman set the inaugural precedence to challenge the legality/illegitimacy of Smith’s UDI in a court of law. To this very minute, the Madzimbamuto versus Lardner Burke landmark judgment is a global point of reference in cases of sovereignty, territorial, and state conflict.  To this end,…

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COVID-19: Women and girls face greater dangers during COVID-19 pandemic

INTERVIEW FROM SOUTH AFRICA: Providing safe abortion care during a national lockdown The COVID-19 pandemic is having potentially catastrophic secondary impacts on the health of women and girls around the world. Decisions made at every level of the response to the pandemic are resulting in women being further cut off from sexual and reproductive health…

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Caribbean countries get access to Africa Medical Supplies Platform for procurement of COVID-19 supplies

Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been given access to the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), a procurement system for supplies and equipment in the fight against COVID-19.  The AMSP unlocks immediate access to an African and global base of vetted manufacturers and procurement strategic partners.  It enables African Union Member States to…

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Ecobank Group spearheads new private-sector initiative to end malaria

Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative supports global movement for malaria elimination in Africa Today, Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com) confirms its commitment to support ending malaria, launching the first-of-its-kind Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative in partnership with Dakar-based not-for-profit strategic communications and advocacy organization, Speak Up Africa, and the UN-hosted RBM Partnership to End Malaria. The new…

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Multilateral development banks and the World Trade Organization (WTO) supporting trade finance during the COVID-19 crisis

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, multilateral development banks have stepped up trade finance programs to support essential imports and key exports The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked the deepest economic downturn of our lifetimes. In addition to the ongoing shocks to supply and demand, international trade has been affected by a reduction in the…

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‘We are ready to step up, involve us more’ – African youth tells the PAP

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) held its first virtual public lecture on 30 June 2020 under the theme: “The Role of the African Youth in Achieving the Mandate of the PAP”. Young Africans who took part in the engagement with members of the continental Parliament signaled the youths’ readiness to participate in the building of the…

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Econet responds to Cyclone Idai emergency with $5 million

Masiyiwa donates 120 000 Test Kits and border laboratories to Zimbabwe

UK-based Econet founder and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa, who also serves as AU Special Envoy for COVID-19, has donated 120 000 Test Kits to Zimbabwe, along with Mobile Test Laboratories to be used at the country’s border posts. The donation of Test Kits also includes 50 000 of the highly accurate PCR type Test,  used by…

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