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By Tatenda Mujeyi The Community Water Alliance has engaged citizens in a dialogue set to negotiate possible ways to deal with the persisting City water challenges. The dialogue which sought to inform on the growing water challenges was attended by the Deputy Mayor of Harare, Combined Harare Residents Association, other key stakeholders and residents. The…
By Owami Sithole After a two day competition played at the Harare International School this weekend, Zimbabwe Table Tennis Union (ZTTU) men‘s team won the Chinese Ambassador table tennis cup. The ZTTU men’s team that played against the Chinese team won six games. The Chinese got consolation after their women’s team beat the Zimbabwe women’s…
Technites Africa has launched a revolutionary digital platform which offers one of the widest range of on-demand services and instantly connects customers to independent service providers (highly skilled individuals, SMEs and Corporates) for the delivery of quality domestic and enterprise solutions in the formal and informal sectors. “The biggest challenge Africa faces is extremely high…
By Byron Mutingwende David Mascott Country School once again hogged the limelight when its proprietor and founder, Mrs. Gertrude Mandizvidza bagged a glamorous award at the Women in Enterprise Conference and Awards ceremony held in Harare recently. Mrs Mandizvidza was awarded as the second runner up in the Education and Training category of…
More than a year into the ongoing Ebola outbreak in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the disease has killed over 2,100 people. The mortality rate is 67%, comparable with the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak – when neither therapeutic treatments nor a highly effective vaccine were available, unlike today. As many as 40% of the deaths…
Company announces four new deals including entry into Cape Verde; Development pipeline expected to drive owner investment of over $2 billion and generate 12,000 new jobs From the Africa Hotel Investment Forum in Addis, Marriott International (http://www.Marriott.com) reinforced its commitment to Africa by announcing it expects to add 40 properties and over 8,000 rooms across…
By Byron Mutingwende Despite announcing a data and SMS tariff adjustment starting September 23, 2019, Econet’s tariffs remain competitive in the region. The leading mobile network operator by both subscriber base and network coverage has announced another price adjustment for its data and SMS bundles as telco operating costs and other prices of other goods…
By Byron Mutingwende The law and policy framework is very important in improving the lives of people with disabilities (PWDs). Speaking during a breakfast meeting on disability awareness raising, Mr. Abraham Mateta, a disability advocate, said the main challenge that PWDs organisations have been facing was to encourage conversations that excluded policymakers. The…
By Tatenda Mujeyi Key Stakeholders convened at a validation and consultative workshop organised by the Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) with support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) in a bid to rationalise state owned enterprises. The project is part of government’s broad initiative to restructure all state enterprises that was approved…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday in Kampala concluded the formalities for the take-off of its East Africa Branch Office in Kampala as it signed the two principal documents with the Government of Uganda at a ceremony witnessed by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. Afreximbank President Prof. Benedict Oramah…
The momentum for the Caribbean coconut industry is set to continue. The European Union (EU), the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) announced today in Bridgetown, Barbados, the continuation of the Alliances for the Coconut Industry Development Expansion and Enhanced Support for the Caribbean project (Coconut II), which aims to ensure that…
By Joyce Mukucha Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe have realised the potential in offering aquaculture related training which aims at exposing participants and prospective investors to fish farming business with a lot of income being generated from the projects. Professional organisations in the Zimbabwean aquaculture industry are making tireless efforts in helping the…
By Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development Tax can be understood as an obligatory but “involuntary” payment made by certain individuals and entities of the society deemed liable by the relevant authorities into the state offers for the public good. One of the critical description of taxes is that they are an important of source…
Following the outcry over hiked percentages demanded by Ecocash Agents to those willing to access cash, Strive Masiyiwa, the Chairman of Econet absolved his company of the responsibility for the mess. He headlined his response as Talks On EcoCash Agents Selling Cash, “Whose Cash Are Agents Selling? Below is Mr. Masiyiwa’s response: The issue of…
Over 9 000 business leaders, decision makers and topic experts, 600 speakers as well as 100 fin-techs will converge in London beginning on September 23 to 26 for Sibos, the world’s premier financial services showcase. Blue Code Africa, who are developing the future of mobile payment in Africa and Europe, will be exhibiting at…
The coaches will be rewarded for their contributions to their communities with Arsenal youth shirts for their team Today, WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com) announces that 16 applicants from Africa have been shortlisted for its Future Stars programme. Of these 16 coaches, eight are women. WorldRemit and Arsenal launched the second edition of the Future Stars programme in…
By Owami Sithole Three teams consisting of men and women mixed doubles are set to compete in the third edition of the Chinese Ambassador’s Table Tennis Cup which will be held over the weekend at the Gymnasium Harare International School. During a press briefing on Wednesday in Harare, Director of the Political Section Guo Jing…
By Tatenda Mujeyi The Media Monitors of Zimbabwe is holding a three-day training workshop on Public Finance Management Reporting in Harare to familiarise media personnel on the needed actions. The training is informed by a research that the media monitors engaged in so as to generate knowledge on the prevailing conditions within public fiscal management….
By Joyce Mukucha In trying to reach huge markets through its Digital Entertainment On Demand (DEOD) platform, TelOne is geared to roll out more local streamed viewing options for audiences. In a statement, TelOne Managing Director, Chipo Mutasa said DEOD is a fully converged linear on demand streaming package that brings thousands of hours of…
Raising the competitiveness of Kenya’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will underpin the country’s effort in realizing the goals of Vision 2030, the country’s long-term development blueprint. Targeted solutions are needed to help Kenya’s SMEs capitalize on current growth, according to a new report that assesses the competitiveness of Kenyan SMEs. Unveiled in Nairobi today, ‘Promoting SME…
The Professional Women, Women Executives and Business Women’s Forum (PROWEB) and the Elena Barraquer Foundation has partnered with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces through the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe Cde Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri, to operate on cataracts. Addressing journalists in Harare on 18 September 2019, Florence Ziumbe, the PROWEB…
By Joyce Mukucha According to surveys and researches, it is estimated that 70 percent of the Zimbabwean population reside in rural areas and approximately, 80 percent of the rural population’s livelihoods are dependent on rain fed agriculture making them highly vulnerable to climate change induced weather extremes, variability and climate impacts. Due to the fact…
A Zimbabwean woman, Fortunate Chidzivo, came first in the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 10km run on Sunday and broke the record for this race, in which three other Zimbabweans who were sponsored by Zimnat participated. Tariro Makanga and Lilian Choruwa, who through Zimnat’s social media competition won an all-expenses-paid trip to Cape Town to…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is leading the process to design and formulate a project document under the Global Environment Facility 7; “The Dryland Sustainable Landscape Impact Program”. On 18 October 2018, the GEF Secretariat selected FAO as GEF lead agency for this Sustainable Forest Management Impact Programme (Dryland…
Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) has signed on to the Afreximbank Trade Facilitation programme (AFTRAF) for an initial $50-million line of credit, becoming the first Angolan bank to sign on to the programme offered by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) with the aim of supporting African banks to bridge the gap created by the withdrawal of international…
By Byron Mutingwende and Tatenda Mujeyi First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa on Monday 16 September 2019 said the media plays an important role in addressing issues of stigma relating to infertility. She was addressing a health media training workshop where she rallied the media to bring out the message that ‘infertility affects men…
Africa Oil & Power (AOP) (https://AfricaOilandPower.com/) is outraged by the violent attacks on foreign nationals living in South Africa. As government adopts measures to ensure safety for all, AOP calls for violence to come to an end. As of Monday, the South African Police has made 639 arrests related to the xenophobic attacks in South…
Advocate Martin Dinha, the Chairperson of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has said the company has received the submissions for funding made towards the US$400 million recapitalisation project by the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG)/Transnet Consortium. The Chairman said the NRZ now awaits guidance from Treasury on the availability of the said funding,…
By Charles Dhewa African countries have been taking advice from foreign technical experts for generations. If technical expertise was a solution, the majority of countries and poor communities would have moved out of poverty by now. The fact that poverty levels have remained the same and in some cases worsened indicates a need for developing…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) Wards in Shurugwi are facing a critical shortage of water as they are sharing water from the few boreholes with livestock. Farmers in most wards in Shurugwi are resorting to giving their domestic animals water from the borehole which is affecting most of the boreholes in those areas. Most of…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) Gardening schemes that have been assisting Shurugwi residents with food and vegetables have been affected by drought. A group of 29 villagers established a garden project called “Tirivamwe” to avoid serious food shortages in their area. The gardening project, established to cater for orphans, vulnerable people and local widows most…
Today, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) joins Zimbabwe and the World at large in commemorating the International Day of Democracy on this 15th day of September 2019 running under the theme, “Participation.” This day comes amid continued calls by civil society and institutions supporting democracy for multi-stakeholder efforts towards the promotion of inclusion, equal treatment,…
Innovative thinking about Africa’s conventional employment issues is what marks the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) new policy research document “Creating Decent Jobs: Strategies, Policies, and Instruments,” participants heard at the report launch, held 12 September 2019. The report elicited strong presentations and a lively debate during the event which took place in the Babacar N’Diaye…
By Byron Mutingwende The Sanganai Hlanganani World Tourism Expo has gone a gear up by including medicinal tourism among the exhibitors. Spiked Online Media while touring stands at the on-going showcase caught up with Musimboti Health Centre whose owner said medical tourism has low-hanging fruits to support the wellbeing of the citizenry in pursuit…
Mr Givemore Chidzidzi, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) Acting Chief Executive better known in the sector as “Mr. Tourism” has urged women to work towards strengthening and growing their entrepreneurial expertise in the tourism sector. He made the remarks during the Sanganai Hlanganani Capacity Building Workshop For “Women Entrepreneurs in Tourism” held on 14 September…
Holly Budge has been in Zimbabwe for the past two weeks where she has immersed herself on the frontline with Akashinga, a fully armed, all-female, anti-poaching team who operate in the Zambezi Valley. Budge is no stranger to the front line having spent several weeks last year with The Black Mambas in South Africa, who…
Bulawayo, the host city for Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo today scored a double including overall award at a glittering awards ceremony. Affectionately known as the City of Kings and Queens, the city was voted Best Zimbabwe Stand and also Best Overall Stand marking the 2019 edition a memorable one. Ethiopian Airlines also scooped the top…
By Eric Schroeder HARARE, ZIMBABWE — A day after the state-run Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe increased the price of wheat Zimbabwean baking companies followed suit, hiking the price of bread by a similar amount, according to Bloomberg. Dennis Wallah, president of the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe told Bloomberg that the price of a…
Ethiopian Airlines as the official carrier of the 2019 Sangani/Hlangani International Travel and Tourism Expo has brought participants and buyers from various part of the world to Bulawayo. The 12th edition of Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Expo is taking place in Bulawayo from September 12th – 14th 2019. Ethiopian Airlines has offered discounted rate…
UN Special Rapporteur Clément Nyaletsossi Voule will visit Zimbabwe from 17 to 27 September 2019 to assess the country’s achievements and challenges in relation to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the country. This is the first official visit by an independent human rights expert, appointed by…
Introduction (1) On the morning of Friday 6 September 2019,we woke up to the sad news of the death of former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe. We extend our condolences to his immediate and extended family, the government of Zimbabwe and all the bereaved. May his soul rest in eternal peace. The End Does…
BY Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development “Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value.” Joe Biden Joe Biden’s remarks bears testimony to the importance of budgeting both at local and national level. The national budget is the anchor for any country’s developmental programmes, not only because…
By Byron Mutingwende The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)’s museum has been hailed as a repository of heritage and national history. Speaking at the Sanganai hlanganani World Tourism Expo Buyers Cocktail held at the Bulawayo Railway Museum, NRZ General Manager, Mr. Lewis Mukwada said his organisation’s partnership with the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA)…
By Joyce Mukucha Following Cyclone Idai which struck Zimbabwe in March 2019 causing extensive damage in Manicaland, psychosocial support is being extended to the victims to guarantee individuals and communities heal, adapt, accept and cope with the situation caused by the disaster. In an interview, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs for Manicaland Honourable…
By Byron Mutingwende The Sanganai Hlanganani Tourism Expo has kicked off on a high note at the famous Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo. Addressing the media at a press briefing at the expo today, Mr. Givemore Chidzidzi, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA)’s Acting Chief Executive said his organisation’s projection and planning…
