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In his keynote address at the United Family International Church (UFIC) Easter Conference held in Chitungwiza yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for unity and peace in the church and the nation at large. “As the name of this church “United Family International” suggests, let us remain forever united as one big family within both the…
More than a third (36%) of Tanzanian companies have fully or partially resolved trade obstacles in the last six years, according to the International Trade Centre report, Invisible barriers to trade – United Republic of Tanzania: Business perspectives. The report based on a survey of over 600 businesses found that 72% of firms involved in cross-border…
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA), the Ministers of Environment for South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe met on 13 April 2022 to discuss various issues related to the collaborative management of this important cross-border conservation area. The meeting was held virtually and attended by Honourable…
By Baboloki Semele Fifty-four education ministers are among top policymakers expected to gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 21st Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) from 27 – 28 April 2022. Hosted by the Government of Kenya in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat and Kenya’s Ministry of Education, the high-level conference will take place under…
By Staff Writer In an effort aimed at complementing the government’s overall digital transformation drive, sharing infrastructure for the development of the economy as well as expanding its fibre network, TelOne has launched the Blaze LTE in Chitungwiza. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony in Chitungwiza on the 13th of April 2022, the Minister of Information…
The various economic reforms by the government in the postal and telecommunications sector have the potential to positively transform the economy in 2022, Dr. Gift Machengete, the Director-General of the Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has said. Dr. Machengete made the remarks yesterday during the presentation of the 2021 fourth quarter postal…
Business mogul, Kudakwashe Tagwirei has rewarded George Shaya’s family with an RTGS$120 million dollar mansion in honour of the late veteran footballer. The Sakunda giant visited the Shaya family yesterday afternoon, to fulfill the pledge he made for the family. Tagwirei, who owns Sakunda, has been doing philanthropic work within and outside the country. Tagwirei,…
Veteran preacher, Apostle Batsirai Java, popularly known as ABJ has made serious inroads in the religious section attracting huge and bumper crowds during his Sunday worship services or online programs. Java, who was married to the late Morgan Tsvangirai’ s daughter – Vimbai, has been termed as one of the best preachers in Zimbabwe. Contacted…
Dr. Gift Machengete, the Director-General of the Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe today delivered the 2021 Postal and Telecommunication Sector report as shown below: MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS The following are the main sector trends for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to the third quarter of 2021: Active fixed telephone lines declined by…
By Wallace Mawire The 9th edition of Paradigm Initiative’s hybrid flagship event, the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF22), will be hosted virtually from April 12 to 14, 2022, and in person from April 20 to May 20, 2022. Under the theme Towards a Digitally Inclusive and Rights Respecting Africa, DRIF22 is the annual digital…
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe won the Silver Award for ‘Sustaining Employees and Communities throughout the Pandemic’ at the WTM Responsible Tourism Awards Africa 2022. This prestigious award is a recognition of the tireless ingenuity and resilience of the community. As all destinations come out of the pandemic it also sets a benchmark for important values….
By Baboloki Semele The capital city of Ghana, Accra will host the African Development Bank Group’s 2022 Annual Meetings from 23-27 May. According to a press release from the African Development Bank, this year’s meetings mark a return to in-person sessions following virtual meetings over the last two years. The 2022 annual meetings will be…
Sasai Remit (www.SasaiRemit.com), one of Africa’s leading digital money transfer providers and a business of Cassava Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, has announced a partnership with Qoki Zindlovukazi, a United Kingdom-based women’s networking, and empowerment organisation. The partnership has enabled both organisations to empower thousands of Zimbabweans to use a safe and secure fintech…
On Equatorial Guinea’s capital island of Malabo, agriculture ministers from across Africa are meeting this week to discuss solutions to the growing hunger crisis, at a conference convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The 32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa (ARC32) opened with a call from the FAO Assistant…
By Charles Dhewa The past few years have seen development agencies working in African agriculture and food systems coming together to work as consortiums or consortia. The word consortium is a Latin word meaning partnership. Wikipedia defines a consortium as an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations, or governments with the objective of participating…
Case studies across Africa demonstrate the positive impact that access to even the most basic mobile technology can offer smallholder farmers. This underscores the importance of driving inclusive access to digital technology, especially mobile-based, to help the continent’s farmers mitigate the impact of climate change. This assertion is championed by Vodacom, Vodafone, Safaricom, and the…
Consumers can now send & receive US dollars on EcoCash Customers now able to buy USD airtime, pay for goods & services in USD using EcoCash EcoCash, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money platform, on Friday, launched a new service that will allow customers to cash in and cash-out United States dollars at Econet shops and Steward…
Zimnat Asset Management has partnered with Sanlam Private Wealth to provide offshore investment capability This opportunity is not limited to individual investors only but also to Pension Funds and Corporates. Zimnat Asset Management’s unique collaboration with Sanlam Private Wealth seeks to introduce global investment products and solutions to Zimbabwean investors with a view to earning…
By Elvis Dumba Banket – It looked coincidental that on the day the country joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Health Day running under the theme ‘Our planet, our health ” which focuses on climate change, farmers in Mapinga and Banket were counting losses following heavy rains that fell on the day…
By Jacob Kudzai Mutisi I am urging President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently stop the killing of helpless Zimbabweans on the streets of South Africa. Images of Zimbabweans being set alight and being killed in broad daylight are becoming common. There is a perception that these are state-sanctioned killings. We now have…
African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) officials and representatives of the Zimbabwe government met on Wednesday to discuss the nation’s arrears clearance and ongoing partnership between the southern African nation and the development institution. They noted progress in Zimbabwe’s reform agenda. African Development Bank Group Vice President Yacine Fal and a delegation on a tour of two…
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has embarked on a National Inquiry to come up with strategies for ending child marriages and sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls. Addressing journalists in Harare today, Mrs. Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe the ZGC Chairperson said the Zimbabwe Gender Commission Act affords them a mandate to conduct investigations and make legally…
The media plays an important role in ensuring transparency and accountability in the health sector if the country is to attain its vision of becoming an upper-middle-income economy by 2030, it has emerged. This emerged during the inaugural COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability in Africa Project (a collaboration between BudgIT, Connected Development (CODE), Global Integrity, as…
Yesterday, The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) joined the rest of the world to mark World Health Day 2022. This year’s theme “Our planet: Our health” advocates for global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being. Climate change…
The 28th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide is being commemorated by the launch of a television channel that focuses on the tragedy and more importantly, the aftermath and the search for reconciliation in a country torn apart. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the Kwibuka 28 channel would run on…
The Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) announced the launch of the 2nd edition of its Africa CEO Trade Survey. The focus this year will be on the opportunities being created by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. The AfCFTA agreement creates the largest free trade area in the world, by the…
Today marked a historic moment in the drive toward movement building on social inclusion in the country as the organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe joined hands through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) meant to address intersectional discrimination. Historically the women’s movement in collaboration with other…
By Mustapha Berraf Message from the President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Mr. Mustapha Berraf: Dear brothers and sisters of the African Olympic family, As has been the tradition since 2014, the sports and Olympic community will, on 6 April 2022, take the necessary time off on the occasion of…
Many female farmers here are champions of sustainable farming, but their global counterparts have long been feeding the world using these management practices. “From my work as a writer, I’d argue that women farmers were already prioritizing sustainable agriculture practices long before this recent shift towards ‘regenerative agriculture,’” said Trina Moyles, author of Women Who Dig,…
A senior leadership team from the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has arrived in the southern African capital Gaborone, on the first leg of an official visit to Botswana and Zimbabwe. The delegation is led by Acting Vice President, Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Yacine D. Fal. It includes Prof. Kevin Chika Urama, Acting…
By Elvis Dumba Mutare – As the world prepares to meet in Sweden for Stockholm+50 on the 2nd and 3rd of June this year during the world environment week, calls have been made to accelerate the involvement of climate change crisis hard-hit communities such as children, women, and people with disabilities. The clarion call came…
Old Mutual joined the global community in celebrating the 10th anniversary of Global Money Week from 21 – 27 March 2022. Global Money Week is an annual global awareness campaign aimed at financially equipping young people from an early age to make smart financial decisions for a brighter future. This year’s edition ran with the…
The UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa (UNESCO ROSA) will host a validation workshop on Coalition building between Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and the Women’s Movement in addressing intersectional discrimination on 6 April 2022 at Meikles Hotel in Harare. The workshop will see the validation, signing, and adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding…
Small farms and agricultural firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia are facing a billion-dollar cash black hole for climate change adaptation, a report says. Overall there is a gap of US$106 billion in available investment in agricultural small- and medium-sized enterprises (agri-SME) ranging from farms to rice millers and agricultural data firms, according to…
By ZIMCODD The Zimbabwe Public Debt Indaba convened by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development from 29-30 March 2022 highlighted shared concern amongst Civil Society and policymakers over the deepening debt crisis in Zimbabwe and the SADC region at large. Heavy indebtedness is at the core of Africa’s socio-economic development challenges; Zimbabwe is not…
Britney Madondo, a 19-year-old Zimbabwean Irish woman is vying for the prestigious Miss Dublin title. “I am passionate about helping people in my community and giving back in any way that I can. I am currently studying Film and Broadcasting at TU Dublin, Grangegorman as I have a desire to succeed in various areas within…
By Baboloki Semele Extending over 624 million hectares, forests in Africa covering 20.6 percent of the continent’s land area and 15.6 percent of the world’s forest cover underpin key sectors of many African countries, including energy, forestry, agriculture, tourism, and water, and support the livelihoods of millions of people. Forests are crucial at a continental…
A summit that was held in Harare on 31 March 2022 under the theme “more women in business for real economic growth” has shown that gender equality is a key ingredient for inclusive, sustainable economic development. The event was organized jointly by the UN in Zimbabwe and the Women in Africa Initiative Zimbabwe Chapter. It…
Zimbabwe’s inaugural Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is meant to improve the measurement of the performance of the tourism sector, Hon Barbra Rwodzi, the Deputy Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry has said. She made the remarks during the launch of the Tourism Satellite Account at a glamorous event held in Harare today that…
• Airbus A330 of new Lufthansa Group leisure airline Eurowings Discover arrived at Victoria Falls International Airport from Frankfurt today at 11:15 am • Eurowings Discover is the first intercontinental airline ever to offer direct flights to Victoria Falls • Three weekly direct flights from Frankfurt (FRA) to Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA) from March…
By Dr Kudzanai Vere Introduction Most people are just passing through life without doing the needful. Life is to be enjoyed and not endured. Those that you see enjoying life would have taken a deliberate decision to be always on top of their game. You will also find that deciding alone will keep you at…
By Ms. Fatouma Seid (FAO Representative in Ethiopia) Agriculture is a source of livelihood for over 80 percent of the population in Ethiopia. However, the sector has faced complex and overlapping threats over the past decade. Since 2019, the country has been responding to the worst desert locust invasion in over 25 years. Although the…
By Baboloki Semele Today, in the white and blue city in Kenya, Mombasa, African Forest Forum stakeholders are meeting via hybrid, a regional workshop to share information and experiences on challenges and opportunities in forest management for sustainable development in Africa in the context of climate change. Addressing the delegates, during the official opening, the…
President Emmerson Emmerson Mnangawa has called on stakeholders to accelerate the implementation of mutual programmes and projects toward improving the standard and quality of life of the people of Rwanda and Zimbabwe with a view to fostering economic development. He made the remarks at the Zimbabwe-Rwanda Trade and Investment Conference in Harare today held under…
Successful businessman, Mr. Edzai Kachirekwa, an electrical engineer and Director of Power Giants International revealed that a poor background and hardships are not limiting factors when he shared his entrepreneurship journey at a meeting organised by the Toastmasters Club that was held in Harare on Sunday 27 March 2022. He was presenting on the topic:…
