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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary, H.E. Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax has underscored the important role of the private sector and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in driving industrialisation in the region. The statement comes on this day, the 20th November, as the SADC region joins the rest of the world to commemorate…
By Brienne Prusak (Medical & Global Health Press Officer) Allowing pharmaceutical corporations to enforce patents would prolong the pandemic by preventing generic manufacturers from creating more affordable versions of medicines, vaccines, and diagnostics All governments, including the US, should support the request at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive certain intellectual property (IP) protections…
The popular entrepreneurship competition for upcoming business start-ups that are showcased on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Television (ZBC TV), Ndine Thaza Season 6 got off to a good start with sponsorship from Power Giants yesterday. Announcing the sponsorship deal in Harare yesterday, Engineer Edzai Kachirekwa, the Power Giants Group Transmission Director for Southern Africa said his…
For Africa to recover from the COVID-19-induced economic downturn, there is a need to embrace innovation and technology as low-hanging fruits for recovery, Ambassador Albert M. Muchanga, the African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry has said. The Commissioner made the remarks in his keynote address at the 2020 Africa-Korea business forum held under the…
Mobile telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched a ZW$10 million Christmas promotion that will see tens of thousands of subscribers walk away with an assortment of prizes, including refrigerators, TV sets, solar panels, data, airtime and many more. The special promotion, called “IKhisimusi sifikile Kisimusi yatosvika” (Christmas is Here!), is set to cheer millions…
NetOne has launched a Thank you Campaign called “GigaThanks Promo” in which customers will stand a chance to win data and airtime every week for being loyal to the network of choice. The “GigaThanks Promo” rewards existing, new, and customers that have not used their sim cards in the past 90 days. 300 000 customers that…
As one of the leading forex brokers, HYCM is committed to educating those interested in the financial markets HYCM (www.HYCM.com), a well-established global forex broker, attended an exclusive financial webinar as a guest of the American University in Dubai, where Giles Coghlan, Group Chief Currency Analyst, presented COVID-19 Outbreak’s Impact on The Financial Markets (https://bit.ly/32UCVGo). Over 90 finance…
The United States government has announced an additional USD $3 million for humanitarian demining projects in Zimbabwe. Since 1998, the United States has invested more than $23.9 million in Zimbabwe to protect people from landmines and promote economic opportunities through safe access to land. The United States supports the Government of Zimbabwe’s goal to safely…
The Forty-Fourth Session of the Administrative Council of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has voted Mr. Bemanya Twebaze, a candidate from Uganda, as the Organization’s next Director General (DG) for a fixed term of four years that will start on January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2024. “Thank you to the Administrative Council…
UNICEF Zimbabwe has appointed Nkosilathi Nyathi (17) as a UNICEF Youth Climate Advocate to advance the climate and environment agenda in Zimbabwe and mobilize other young people to join the fight against climate change. The appointment comes as UNICEF commemorates World Children’s Day on November 20, under the theme “Reimagining a greener more sustainable future,…
In the past few weeks, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), has been the subject of cybercrime attacks from unknown individuals and entities. The perpetrators have created a series of fake websites, emails, loan application forms, and URLs impersonating IFC in Zimbabwe including https://www.ifcbusiness.org/ and https://www.ifcbusiness.org/sme-loans. The online…
Mr. Albert Muchanga, the Commissioner for Trade and Industry at the African Union Commission yesterday revealed the continent’s industrial development plan while officially opening the Africa Industrialisation Week 2020. The start of Africa Industrialization Week yesterday will lead to the commemoration of Africa Industrialization Day on 20th November 2020 for the High-Level Session to be…
Despite the debilitating effects of COVID-19, NetOne is continuing to offer communication solutions as evidenced by its recent launch of a virtual airtime buying, selling, and distribution platform. NetOne Acting Chief Commercial Officer Mr. Nyaradzai Shoko, speaking yesterday at the Zone One Dealer Appreciation Cocktail that coincided with the update on the launch of the…
EcoCash, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money platform, is now reaping the rewards of its core system upgrade, with the platform now able to deliver automated and significantly enhanced customer experience to its customers. Mr Eddie Chibi, the Chief Executive Officer of Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, the holding company of EcoCash, said the group was focused on enhancing…
The partnership will allow Liquid Telecom and Zayo to leverage their existing networks for customers that have operations in Africa, Europe and North America. Leading pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, has announced their partnership with Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a global leader of Communications Infrastructure. The partnership will see Liquid Telecom and Zayo leveraging existing…
By Desire Tshuma Two housing cooperatives located at Mufakose Extension are in serious fights over boundary demarcation forcing the other to take the issue to the courts. The housing cooperatives are located between Mufakose Extension and Budiriro 5. The land was given to four housing cooperatives in 2012. The beneficiaries of the housing scheme include…
By Anyway Yotamu. Zimbabwe is on the right track to combating climate change by implementing agreements outlined in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Addressing delegates at the two-day Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs) communication strategy validation workshop in Harare, Director of Climate Change in the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry, …
The number of Zimbabwean students studying in the United States increased by 2.5 percent to 1,377 students in the 2019-20 academic year, according to the 2020 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Zimbabwe remains the 6th leading country of origin for students in the United States from sub-Saharan Africa. “The increasing number of Zimbabwean…
By Charles Dhewa In the face of intensifying climate change, voices calling for Africans to go back to their original food systems are getting louder. Such voices are guided by changes in the natural phenomena that once existed in several African communities and countries. Many voices are lamenting the fact that policymakers have embraced foreign…
by LUNGELO NDHLOVU In the face of COVID-19 containment measures that have made it increasingly difficult to distribute print newspapers, many media companies in Zimbabwe have begun to introduce their products in digital formats. In doing so, outlets have proven able to more cheaply reach audiences outside their typical distribution areas. This has been critical, especially in light…
By Mercia Andrews Rural African women are often made invisible, hidden and marginalised in leadership structures. By organising themselves in social movements, women in Southern Africa have amplified their voices to challenge agri-business and patriarchal oppression while advancing agroecology and building new leadership for a feminist agroecology. In Africa, rural women have to struggle against…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been particularly hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to ITC’s COVID-19 Business Impact Survey, more than 55% of SMEs reported being strongly affected by the crisis. One-fifth are at risk of permanently shutting down within three months. For women-owned businesses, the business fallout from COVID-19 is even more…
By INGER ASHING; NORBERT BARTHLE; STEPHAN SCHØNEMANN; LEONIE CLAUDINE LOUGUÉ SORGHO; JOSHUA TABAH 2020 was set to be a year of milestones for gender equality and health: Half a decade into the Sustainable Development Goals, 10 years since the establishment of UN Women, 20 years since the UN Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and…
Brienne Prusak (she/her) – MSF Medical & Global Health Press Officer As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to derail the global response to tuberculosis (TB), the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called today on governments to accelerate testing, treatment, and prevention of TB. It’s also critical that donors continue to provide…
The African Union’s Africa Industrialisation Week kicks off virtually today November the 16th and will run until the 20th of November 2020 and will be held under the theme “Inclusive and sustainable industrialisation in the AfCFTA era”. Given the importance of industrialization for structural transformation, 20th November was set aside annually as Africa Industrialization Day…
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe (Cassava) has extended its ‘My Ecocash Rewards’ promotion to the diaspora community as a way of bringing smiles to local customers during this festive season. The promotion, launched at the beginning of last month, rewards EcoCash customers who transact on the platform by awarding them points which are redeemable for actual monetary…
By Shamaine Nyamutswa Education is the greatest weapon that can be used to fight poverty as well as promoting the rebuilding of lives after a crisis because it is never too late to do the right thing. Econet and Plan International are riding on this fact to educate the girl child as they advocate for…
African Union Special Envoy in the fight against COVID-19, pan-African businessman Strive Masiyiwa, has said an end to the deadly pandemic could be in sight as new treatments emerge that offer hope for a permanent cure. Describing leaders as #Merchant of Hope, Masiyiwa writes: This morning I was listening to the latest episode of a…
By Anyway Yotamu Traditionally, women in Zimbabwe did not take up any major roles in agriculture, leaving it mostly to men. But a new crop of ladies has taken up a bigger role in the sector. Women in Agriculture Union (WAU) National Coordinator Olga Nhari said the economic benefits of farming have enticed more young…
Africa50 unveiled on Tuesday, the winners of the first edition of its Innovation Challenge, which aimed at sourcing innovative solutions, to help increase access to reliable and affordable internet connectivity in under-served areas across Africa. The announcement was made during an interactive session dedicated to the Innovation Challenge, organized in partnership with Informa, at the…
Mobile World Live Research company IDC cited problems in Huawei’s supply chain, weak consumer demand, and delays in the launch of major flagship handsets for a 14 percent year-on-year drop in Q3 smartphone shipments in China. In a statement, the analyst company’s research manager for client devices in APAC Will Wong noted escalated US trade restrictions…
Caroline Fairchild (Host, LinkedIn News Live & Editor At Large, LinkedIn News302 articles) By March, Sneh Kadakia knew she had a big problem. She had been planning to launch her startup — a platform that connected professionals with work spaces in boutique hotels — the following month. Conversations with her husband — a doctor who was working…
By Habakkuk Trust Women in Kenilworth, Bubi District Ward 19, have come together to form clubs for the purposes of harvesting thatch grass. The move by these groups of women is set to increase household income and contribute to improved livelihoods. Bubi District is endowed with an array of natural resources which amass the potential…
The leading pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group (Ecobank.com), yesterday celebrated its eighth annual Ecobank Day, which is the Group’s flagship annual event, showing commitment and giving back to its local communities across 33 African countries. This year’s theme is ‘Take Action Against Diabetes’ and it marks the second stage of a three-year campaign to…
By Shamain Nyamutswa The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) dairy farmers are facing challenges in providing food for their cattle due to economic instability and inflation. This has left them unable to buy stock feeds leading to the high death rate of their livestock recently. Milk and milk products are being sold in local…
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has condemned the cruel and inhumane actions by the Islamist militants who beheaded more than 50 people in the village of Aldeia da Paz outside Macomia in Northern Mozambique. The coalition said the Islamist insurgency in the Northern part of Mozambique which has stretched from 2017 is a call…
By Tanyaradzwa Chiwara The Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Zimbabwe’s president, Sheik Ishmail Duwa is urging French President, Emmanuel Macron to respect religious tolerance in his country. The call follows purported utterances against the Islam community allegedly made by the French leader. The Supreme Council of Islam Affairs in Zimbabwe said it is closely…
Google’s parent company Alphabet yesterday announced that it has tapped the Econet Group as its partner to launch a new high-speed broadband technology which uses laser beams instead of fibre optic cables. The new technology can be deployed to connect two points that are 20km apart in a matter of hours, instead of about two…
Mr. Munesushe Munodawafa, the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism, and Hospitality industry has said that wetland loss and degradation cost the country millions of dollars. He was speaking at the Wetlands and Policy Guidelines Sensitisation Workshop held at the Cresta Churchill Hotel in Bulawayo yesterday. “It is important to note that…
The Green Climate Fund is positioned to achieve sustainable transformation through resilience building across the agricultural and environmental management value chain. The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, and Rural Resettlement, Climate Change Department, and UNDP Zimbabwe yesterday launched the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ‘Building Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Agricultural Livelihoods in Southern Zimbabwe project. …
Fastjet does it again! For the fifth consecutive year, Fastjet has been awarded by the World Travel Awards the title of “Africa’s Leading Low-Cost Airline – 2020”. The organisers announced the win at the 27th World Travel Awards – Africa Winners Day online event hosted on Monday, 09 November 2020. The World Travel Awards, established…
A Greenpeace scientific report released today reveals that extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods and intense rain are increasing in intensity, frequency and severity across many parts of Africa, gravely threatening human health, food security, peace, and biodiversity. Weather across sub-Saharan Africa has become more extreme and unpredictable in the twenty-first century, a trend that…
By Charles Dhewa Avenues for aligning agriculture with the nutritional needs of citizens Pathways for successfully converting rhetoric surrounding nutrition security into reality should include collecting and analysing data from local communities to national levels and markets. Such data can include the volume and value of agricultural commodities flowing from each production versus the amount…
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and the media have been urged to strengthen the monitoring and accountability of the extractive sector in the country’s increasingly volatile and opaque political economy. This emerged at a meeting organised by the Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef) in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) held in…
By John Wilson There’s a mistaken belief that keeps re-emerging that agroecology is about going backwards. It may be a convenient way to dismiss it. Nevertheless, how do we challenge and reverse this mistaken perspective? “If we don’t deepen our relationship with Nature and reconnect to our culture and history that are deeply embedded in…
