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Zimnat, one of the leading players in the Zimbabwean life assurance and short-term insurance industries since 1946, has donated funeral services worth $10 000 for the burial of 10 of the miners killed in the Battlefields mining disaster. The group has made the donation through Mashonaland West Province Minister of State Mary Mliswa to assist…
By Byron Mutingwende The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has called for responsible mining, improved disaster management, safety and health following flash floods that killed artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) at Battlefield Mine last week. “We should find solutions about responsible mining, disaster management, preparedness, safety and health within the artisanal and small-scale…
Astel, a leading provider for IT infrastructure and office automation solutions on the African continent, and Utimaco, the global #2 in Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), today announced a distribution partnership for the Africa region. HSMs by Utimaco provide the ‘Root of Trust’ to a wide range of industries, encompassing financial and payment services, the automotive…
Minister Of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Priscah Mupfumira has called on the Environmental Management Agency and the Zimbabwe Mining Federation to work closely in order to avert mining disasters. Mupfumira was speaking on the sidelines of the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangwagwa’s tour of the site where the tragic drowning of 24 artisanal miners…
By Tendai Guvamombe As urbanisation continues amid an increasing population growth exerting pressure on existing infrastructure due to an upsurge in migration, traffic control is becoming a burden. In pursuit of proffering innovative approaches in order to curb traffic jam during peak hours in Harare’s Central Business District, NetOne entered into a partnership deal dubbed…
THI Insurance has entered into an underwriting management agency agreement with Zimnat General Insurance that will result in THI being underwritten by Zimnat, in conjunction with Santam Agriculture, through Zimnat’s shareholder partnership with Sanlam, the largest non-banking financial institution on the African Continent. The agreement, which came into effect on January 1, 2019, will enable…
In recent years, the global meetings industry has begun to recognise Zimbabwe as a sought after destination. The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority and the local tourism operators have confirmed that the destination will take part in this year’s Meetings Africa 25 to 27 February 2019 in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. The event aims to showcase Africa’s…
By Byron Mutingwende City of Harare is in the process of coming up with a Master Plan and is embracing the case study of Kigali in Rwanda that was part of secondary research done by junior officers who joined the municipality in 2018. According to Mr Tinashe Bobo, the focus was on Kigali, which is…
. Programme offers EcoCash customers unprecedented value; set to reward both customers and merchants for ‘living the Ecocash way’ EcoCash, Cassava Smartech’s fintech business, has launched a real-time rewards programme on a digital wallet that will earn customers up to 15 percent of value transacted. A first on a mobile money service, the EcoCash Rewards…
In a statement marking World Day of Social Justice, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says decent work is key to achieving sustainable development and social justice, itself a foundation of lasting peace. Today the UN’s message is: “if you want peace and development, work for social justice”. The ILO is built on this precept: carved into…
By Tendai Guvamombe The digital world has romped in some unique features with amazing show of talent in the poetic field with additional features such as animation, audio-visuals, digital painting now correlating in a fine tuned convergence of work. Such a great phenomenon now orchestrates in the proliferation of talents from various corners of the…
By Wallace Mawire Celebration Health (CH) the philanthropic medical arm of Celebration Ministries International (CMI) (a locally registered faith-based organisation), has taken the initiative to organise their first ever fundraising run to transport donated medical containers with equipment, furniture and sundries to assist in furbishing our local hospitals and clinics for better healthcare facilities in…
In a bid to solve the massive ICT and technology issues that the country is facing while also creating more jobs in the fast pace growing IT world, Rwanda is set to open its first smartphone factory making it the first in Africa to locally manufacture phones that will meet the demand of the African…
UN Women in Zimbabwe and the Chiefs Council of Zimbabwe have formed a partnership to accelerate the end of child marriage in the country. The partnership, agreed to in January 2019, led to the participation of three members of the Chiefs Council, led by the President Chief Fortune Charumbira, in high level meetings on ‘Transforming…
Zimbabwean financial or business journalists are being invited by Zimnat to compete with other African journalists for an award for the best story published or broadcast last year that captures the growth of the African continent. The African Growth Story Award is one of five award categories in the Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial…
Zimbabwe’s tourism sector continues to make significant strides in increasing investor confidence as its room capacity has been on a sharp rise since the turn of the second Republic in 2017. The country’s Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Honourable Priscah Mupfumira yesterday officially opened Mpala Jena Camp at a colourful event last week….
By the time the next planting season starts, farmers will be able to find a tractor within minutes, anywhere in Zimbabwe. This is part of an ambitious plan by Vaya, a division of Cassava SmartTech, to expand the range of services available on its mobility and logistics App. According to Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe CEO Mr…
A major headache for many developing countries is developing criteria for valuating highly fluid and transitory economic activities that are now more prevalent. Employment creation in agricultural markets and informal business ecosystems is now a major domain for women and youth, most of whom are highly mobile. Economic actors in the trading business specialize on…
By Byron Mutingwende In the first of its kind, Good Care Pre School pupils observed World Radio Day in style when they were invited to Capitalk studio with children from five other selected pre-schools in Zimbabwe. The six schools that participated at the World Radio Day educational trip at Capitalk 100.4FM include Tiny Tots, Golaby…
By Byron Mutingwende Churches under the banner of the Tehillar Christian Network led by Reverend Sam Malunga have condemned the extension of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West. The call comes following the European Union’s statement last week that it was concerned about Zimbabwe’s deteriorating human rights record and responded by calling…
The government says the National Data Centre Project is nearing completion and has called on industry and the continent to invest more in data centers given their importance to regional economies. The Deputy Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Dr Jenfan Muswere said they are forging ahead with the implementation of the national data center project which…
Strive Masiyiwa, Econet founder says mini-power grids based on solar energy are the solution to Africa’s energy problem. Masiyiwa made the prediction at a global conference of investors in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. “The technology for solar power and battery storage has reached a stage where the cost and capability will deliver power…
By Mbizo Chirasha Time is the healer and Time is also the killer. Seconds grow fat into minutes. Minutes wax into hours. Hours melt into days , days lay their eggs into weeks. Weeks hatch themselves into months. Months bark into dog’s years. Today, we remember the departed literary giant, Charles Mungoshi. Ndiko Kupindana Kwamazuva…
By Tendai Guvamombe Youth Leaders representing various political youth leagues, assemblies and civic societies entered into a marriage of convenience when they launched Youth Dialogue Forum (YoDiF), a move which is likely to inspire another Government of National Unity (GNU) in making. More than nine political parties had their youth representatives endorse the newly found…
By Tendai Guvamombe Few days ago Zimbabwe joined community of nations in ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, a move which came at the back of mass production of nuclear warheads by giant powers threatening world disorder, a fiasco which could eventually turn into a global crisis. Science in its unique form is sobering…
Mobile Network operator NetOne lit up the social scenes with its Valentine’s Day campaign that culminated in a dinner for some of its lucky customers. February being the month of love gave NetOne an opportunity to extend love to its valued subscribers through a twelve-day social media campaign dubbed #YourOneYourOnly. The campaign had different themes for…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Zimbabwe is working with Government to develop a Gender Sensitive Land Policy which seeks to improve the land governance system through strengthening of the land administration system thus contributing to national development. The formulation of the policy, supported through a Technical Cooperation Programme…
By Byron Mutingwende The donation of vehicles by Liliane Fonds in partnership with Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (LCDZ) and MIVA will go a long way in alleviating the plight of children with disabilities. Speaking during the handover of two off-road Toyota Land-cruiser vehicles to Henry Murray School for the Deaf and Kwekwe…
By Byron Mutingwende Dr Eve Gadzikwa has proved to be the shining light and a source of inspiration for women in leadership not only in Zimbabwe but on the continent and worldwide. Dr Gadzikwa is the current and first female President of the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. She has…
UN Resident Coordinator to Zimbabwe Mr. Bishow Parajuli presented his credentials, as the most high-ranking UN Representative, to His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa at State House earlier today. On 1 January 2019, the United Nations System embarked on a global reform of transformation with a reinvigorated and new Resident Coordinator System and UN…
The Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) today held a one-day workshop which was attended by legislators from the Zimbabwe Women’s Parliamentary Caucus, senior police officers and officials from the Ministry of Health and Child Care. The purpose of the meeting was to sensitise and train MPs on drug policy reform and implementing harm…
By Martin Hart-Landsberg There are reasons to believe that this strategy is seriously flawed, with working people, including in China, destined to pay a high price for its shortcomings China’s growth rate remains impressive, even if on the decline. The country’s continuing economic gains owe much to the Chinese state’s (1) still considerable ability…
By Byron Mutingwende The Forum for African Women Educationalists – Zimbabwe Chapter (FAWEZI) is working to promote the uptake and performance of girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). “As an organisation that has been working in schools in Zimbabwe since 1998, FAWEZI has been implementing various projects to promote girls education….
The Founder and Executive Chairman of the Econet Group, Strive Masiyiwa, noted via Facebook that his friend, Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), used to tell him that “Agriculture is not a development activity, but an industry.” That is not far from the truth because the importance of agriculture in Nigeria cannot be…
Econet has launched a ground-breaking, rural electrification programme worth millions of dollars under the name Ugesi Energy, that is set to help transform rural enterprises and create employment. Ugesi is the second Econet energy business following the successful launch two years ago of Distributed Power Africa (DPA), the group’s commercial solar business with a focus…
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) is saddened by the passing of its former Leader, Hon. Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi who passed away on 10 February 2019. Hon Amadi, a national of Nigeria served as President of the PAP between 2012 and 2015. In his condolence message, Hon. Roger Nkodo Dang, the current President of the PAP said, “We accept…
By Byron Mutingwende Embracing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Standards is useful in dealing with developmental challenges such as climate change, a development expert has said. In his remarks at the SDGs and Standards Conference held at Cresta Lodge in Harare on 12 February 2019, Tawanda Muzamwese,…
By Amon Mwashaireni (ARDA Seeds CEO) The season 2018/2019 is proving to be a drought one in most areas across the country. This has been attributed to the El Nino phenomenon which was rightfully predicted by the Meteorological Services Department. Rightly so, the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Rural Resettlement and Climate, encouraged increased production…
The last day of the 7th World Government Summit in Dubai has been a progressive one for the country’s Tourism Industry. This follows Minister Mupfumira‘s successful engagement with the Dubai Tourism Director General Helal Almari this morning. The tourism reengagement plan got a major boost in the meeting as Dubai pledged unconditional support to the…
By Tendai Guvamombe The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment and Tourism chaired by Hon Concilia Chinanzvavana has promised to exercise its legislative powers in the quest to protect wetlands from further invasion. Hon Chinanzvavana revealed this yesterday during parliamentarians wetlands tour at various places of Harare along with Harare Wetlands Trust and Zimbabwe Lawyers for…
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has reported that High Court Judge Justice Happias will today, Tuesday 12 February 2019, preside over the hearing and determination of an application filed by Mfundo Mlilo, a pro-democracy campaigner, seeking an order to suspend the imposition of a punitive tax on electronic transactions. Justice Zhou will hear…
The Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Priscah Mupfumira is leading an eight member delegation attending the World Government Summit in Dubai. The World Government Summit is a global platform dedicated to shaping the future of governments worldwide. Each year, the Summit sets the agenda for the next generation of governments, focusing on how…
The Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa Family Foundation and has availed $60 million towards the cholera response in Zimbabwe. Cholera claimed more than 70 lives last year. The commitment from the Econet founders comes on the back of an initial $10 million investment by Econet Wireless Zimbabwe at the onset of the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe…
Delta Corporation has unveiled a two-year bursary programme for a bright, but underprivileged pupil who has passed his/her 2018 Ordinary Level examinations and qualifies for Advanced Level in Masvingo Province. The bursary will cater for the pupil at either a Government or mission school and will cover tuition, uniforms, text books and pocket money. In…
By Charles Dhewa Efforts to modernise African agriculture continue to focus on the supply-side at the expense of the demand side. In addition to infrastructure-driven agribusiness models, there is an unfortunate belief that agricultural extension is the only important form of knowledge in transforming the agriculture industry. Instead of embracing a holistic approach that identifies…
