NetOne’s OneMoney Remit launch to foster financial inclusion

The launch of OneMoney Remit by mobile telephony giant, NetOne marks a great milestone in the country’s financial inclusion efforts, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services said. The launch yesterday was welcomed as a measure expected to ease liquidity challenges in the country since more players will…

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Young People Committed to Protecting Environment

By Muchaneta Chimuka   With the support from from a non-governmental organisation called terre des homes (tdh),the Zimbabwe National Council  for the Welfare of Children (ZNCWC) last Friday gathered young people who operate under a Child and Youth Environmental Forum at Tariro Youth Centre in Hopely  to discuss environmental issues in Hopely mapping a way…

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New COVID-19 surges keep travel restrictions in place

One out of five destinations continues to have their borders completely closed as new surges of COVID-19 impact the restart of international tourism. The latest research shows that still, 98% of all destinations have some kind of travel restrictions in place. According to the UNWTO Travel Restrictions Report, 46 destinations (21% of all destinations worldwide) currently…

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AGYW Africa demand prioritisation of their issues as world rebuilds from COVID-19 ruins

African girls and young women have sent demands to African governments to prioritise funding of their issues as the world is rebuilding from the ruins of Covid-19. This week, 330 girls from the regions East, Southern, and West Africa converged in person and virtually in 15 countries at the platform Adolescent Girls and Young Women…

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NetOne honours High Value Clients on its 25th Anniversary Golf Tournament

Leading mobile telephony company, NetOne, honoured its High-Value Customers at its 25th Anniversary Golf tournament held at Chapman Golf Club in Harare yesterday. In his welcome remarks, Mr. Jeremiah Munembe, the NetOne Chief Operating Officer expressed his excitement for hosting NetOne’s esteemed customers as well as some of its business partners. “The golf tournament attests…

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ZPHCA Applauds MISEREOR’s Unwavering Support

By Joyce Mukucha Members of the Zimbabwe Parents of the Handicapped Children Association (ZPHCA) have expressed their gratitude to MISEREOR, a donor that supports the weakest members of society: the poor, the sick, the hungry and the disadvantaged for giving them strength to substantially improve their lives. MISERIOR has been ZPHCA’s strategic development partner since…

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Spotlight Initiative delivers safe market, one stop centre to address gender-based violence

The Government of Zimbabwe, the European Union, and the United Nations together with local authorities in the Epworth district launched a Safe Market and One Stop Centre as part of ongoing joint efforts to end violence against women and girls.   The opening of the Safe Market Space and the One-Stop Centre coincided with the…

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Conference flags out challenges faced by adolescent girls and young women in West Africa

The Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Africa conference being hosted by Tag A Life International laid bare challenges affecting this group on the continent including West African countries comprising Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, and Ghana. Representatives of AGYW from Sierra Leone said the country is mainly affected by natural disasters as well as diseases…

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Banana Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4: a damaging disease threatening banana production in Southern Africa and beyond

By Dr. Mathew M. Abang Bananas represent one of the most consumed and traded fruits globally. In Southern Africa, bananas serve both as a staple food and important cash crop. To date, Tanzania is the largest producer of bananas in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)….

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USAID, CARE Zimbabwe launch US$1,5 million COVID-19 programme in urban areas

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided approximately US$1,5 million to CARE International in Zimbabwe to support early recovery for 47,000 people suffering from the effects of COVID-19 in urban areas of Masvingo and Manicaland provinces. This financial assistance from USAID allows CARE Zimbabwe to support urgently needed health care, water, sanitation,…

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Smart Agriculture, Health Programmes adopted by Cabinet

By Joyce Mukucha Aiming to boost Zimbabwe’s agricultural production as well as improving the resilience of farmers by providing imperative information through internet connectivity, Cabinet has adopted smart agriculture programme. Cabinet also adopted smart health programme which is aimed at avoiding hindrances when it comes to provision of much needed services in the sector. The…

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IOM, Government Committed to Strengthening Sustainable, Inclusive Labour Migration Management

By Joyce Mukucha In the quest to address operational challenges of migration and ensure the provision of decent working conditions for all, human dignity, well-being and safety for labour migrants, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe is implementing a project entitled “Strengthening Capacities for Labour Mobility Governance in…

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Adolescent girls and young women from Southern Africa demand opportunities to progress

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) from Southern Africa want stakeholders to address structural bottlenecks hindering them from attaining progress. This emerged during the Adolescent Girls and Young Women Africa Conference that kicked off yesterday with representatives drawn from 15 countries from Southern, East, and West Africa converging virtually and physically to discuss issues affecting…

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Zimbabwe to Prioritize Policies on Value Chains Across all Sectors to Spur Industrialization

The Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) supported a two-day workshop to work with Zimbabwean experts to develop an Action Plan on alignment and harmonization of regional and national frameworks on industrialization in Zimbabwe. In a joint press release, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Zimbabwe) and the Sub-Regional Office…

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East Africa geared to address challenges affecting girls and young women

The Adolescent Girls and Young Women Africa (AGYWA) conference that kicked off in Harare yesterday with representatives drawn from 15 countries from East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa have come together to interrogate factors militating against girls and young women’s road to self-actualization. One of the sessions focused on East Africa and a number…

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Deforestation negatively impacting livelihoods in Cameroon, Central Africa

Food shortages, the disappearance of medicinal plants and essences, and changes in lifestyle are the consequences of deforestation on the indigenous peoples of Central Africa. Nearly 60 km from Douala in Cameroon, in the Littoral region, on a normal road that runs along a track that is engulfed in the forest, and out of nowhere,…

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Transition from informality to formality: All set for Bulawayo refurbished SMEs factory

The launch of the Metro Mini Factories Centre in Bulawayo is slated for 3 December 2021 with stakeholders to be drawn from the International Labour Organisation (ILO); the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community Small and Medium Enterprises Development; the Bulawayo Chamber of SMEs; Bulawayo City Council; and the National Nocial Security Authority (NSSA) with a…

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IATF 2021 Ends with Commitment to Strengthen the AfCFTA

The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2021) has ended on Sunday in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with a collective commitment to ensure that the economic stimulation triggered by the event translates into the continued strengthening of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).  Speaking during the closing ceremony of IATF 2021 at the Durban International…

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Sports Minister Pleads for Increased Budgetary Allocation

By Joyce Mukucha The Minister of Sports, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Coventry has appealed to the Government to increase the budget for sporting activities in the country. Speaking during the welcome ceremony for the 2021 International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Harare yesterday, Minister Coventry made it clear to President Mnangagwa…

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BancABC partners Mama Money to launch Border Hopper remittance service in TM Pick n Pay stores

BancABC Zimbabwe, the local banking subsidiary of Pan African group, Atlas Mara, has today launched Border Hopper, an international remittance service that allows Zimbabweans abroad to send money home. The Border-to-Border remittance service was launched with South Africa to Zimbabwe transfers as the first corridor with plans to extend the service to other countries in…

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CSOs driving UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign

The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence (GBV) is an international campaign that commences on 25 November (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) and ends on 10 December (Human Rights Day). Originally created by activists, it continues to be coordinated each year by the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership. The United…

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Creative industry a major tool for Africa’s GDP growth

Africa’s creative industry represents a potent instrument that could grow the GDP of African countries and pull the continent’s youth out of poverty, Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank), said on Friday as the two-day Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) kicked off at the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2021) in Durban, South…

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Afreximbank, ARC MOU to enhance resilience and disaster risk financing initiatives

The African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) and African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group on 18 November 2021 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly enhance resilience and disaster risk financing initiatives that also impact the trade and supply chain across the continent. The purpose of this MOU is to enable joint member states to enhance disaster…

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AGYW Conference brings together key stakeholders for girl-child empowerment

Key stakeholders including African Diplomats, the Canadian Ambassador, and Minister will converge in Harare for the first-ever Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Africa Conference from the 23rd to the 25th of November. Tag a Life International (TaLI), a Zimbabwean girls and young women’s rights organization will be the host where the meeting will provide…

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AAG Goes Green with Increased Calls to Build a Climate Resilient Zimbabwe

By Joyce Mukucha Striving to build a green economy as well as reducing the vulnerability of different communities from the devastating effects of climate change, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) Zimbabwe has partnered with AAG diaspora in launching a “Go Green” pledge, a campaign aimed at advocating for reduction of negative impact to the environment…

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ZOU Student Faith Mvududu Scoops Mental Health Award

Faith Mvududu, a Development Studies third-year student at Zimbabwe Open University, scooped the Second Runner Up Health and Wellness Coach of the Year 2021 Award for her work around mental health awareness and advocacy, through sharing of her personal experience with depression and anxiety that had her survive five attempted suicides 15 years ago. Ms….

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Corruption Rife in Local Authorities

By Joyce Mukucha Local Authorities failure to abide with the democratic values and principles enshrined in the Constitution as well failure to comply with their institutional policies and operational frameworks is resulting in ugly corruption activities, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZAAC) has revealed. This year’s findings of the Commission’s compliance spot-check exercises found out that…

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Zimbabwean Companies Sign Deals worth over $188 Million With Afreximbank at IATF2021

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed financing agreements with four Zimbabwean entities for a total of US$188,600,000. The deals, concluded during the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) currently taking place in Durban, were agreed on Tuesday and Wednesday. The trade fair opened on 15 November in Durban and runs until 21 November. On Wednesday, Afreximbank…

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Government turns Banket Sports Club into Agriculture School of Excellence

By Elvis Dumba Banket- Most of sports and country clubs which were used by former white commercial farmers are in a deplorable state across the country. Government has partnered various institutions in rehabilitating these premises which saw Banket Sports Club being renovated by fertilizer manufacturing company FSG Superfert. FSG Logistics Manager Ngoni Kandeya said his…

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President Obasanjo Advocates for Made-In-Africa Brand to Instill Pride in African products

The third day of the Intra-African Trade Fair 2021 (IATF2021) ended with a clarion call by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo for the creation of an emblematic Made-in-Africa brand that will promote intra-African trade and boost the international export of African products. Speaking during a conversation session that marked the highlight of the day, Chief Obasanjo told…

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ILO-funded project benefits informal workers in Bulawayo

The International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Employment and Labour Market Governance Programme (EPLMGP) that brought together stakeholders like Old Mutual, the National and Social Security Authority (NSSA) and the Bulawayo City Council is leading small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to transition from the informal to the formal economy. Addressing journalists who toured the recently refurbished Bulawayo SMEs Centre…

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Committees Urged to Participate in Peace Building

By Joyce Mukucha The Peace Committees that work closely with the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) are sustaining the initiative in structures at the districts, constituencies, ward, and village levels to ensure that all levels. Speaking on behalf of Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Honourable Oliver Chidau during the Preventive Dialogue…

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FORUS Party unleashes a wave of positive change in Zimbabwe

The Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party is successfully penetrating ZANU-PF and MDC strongholds, in the process unleashing a tide of positive change as it makes headway in its quest for electoral victory in 2023. As part of its nationwide whirlwind provincial campaign outreach, the leadership of FORUS Party was recently welcomed by multitudes…

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US$13,5 Million Poultry Programme for Provinces Set to be Launched

By Joyce Mukucha In quest to revitalise the agriculture sector and provide sustainable livelihoods to vulnerable poor people in various provinces, government is set to initiate a US$13,5 million free range chicken programme under the Livestock Recovery and Growth Programme, a government official has said. In an interview with the state media, the Permanent Secretary…

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Mthuli Applauds Government of India’s Support to Zimbabwe

By Joyce Mukucha The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has hailed the Indian government for being instrumental in facilitating several current and planned projects in Zimbabwe particularly in the energy sector as well as the support in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Officiating the Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation celebrations last…

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Climate change means hunger in our communities, African women leaders at COP26

Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate activist, emerged as one of the most prominent youth voices at COP26 in Glasgow. “Prove us wrong,” was her message to delegates at the climate talks, which entered their final day on Friday, as fears grew that countries would fail to convert ambition into an agreement. Activists and delegates from…

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President Ratifies African Charter on Democracy

By Veritas African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance Instrument of Ratification of the Charter Signed by President On 11 November 2021, Veritas was informed by the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs that President Mnangagwa signed the Instrument of Ratification of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance [hereinafter called “the Charter”]….

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