By Byron Mutingwende It is often said mining companies do more harm to the communities they operate in than any good but this is not the case for Murowa Diamond which operates in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province. Located in the Mazvihwa area, some 70km from the mining town of Zvishavane, Murowa Diamond…
By Patricia Mashiri Canada has pledged to help Zimbabwe with its expertise in developing the Information communication technology (ICT) in Zimbabwe. Speaking during the courtesy call on Supa Mandiwanzira, the Minister of Information and Technology and Cyber Security on 12 March 2018 in the capital, Mr Rene Cremonese, the Canadian ambassador to Zimbabwe said he…
Join forces to launch Elevate youth initiative at top varsity in Manicaland Econet’s youth empowerment programme, Elevate Club, this week partnered with Africa University to launch the Elevate Youth i5 Club at an eye-opening and activity-packed event on the university’s main campus, about 17 kilometers northwest of the city of Mutare in Manicaland. The launch…
By Joyce Mukucha Harare Polytechnic School of Journalism and Media Studies with the support from the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has launched the Mass Communication Online Journalism and Digital Broadcasting programme aimed at scaling up the institution’s highly competitive technopreneurial skills.. A programme with the theme ‘Train the Trainer’ has been…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe – the largest mobile network operator in the country – has stepped up its channel partner engagement programme by taking its top-performing Brand Ambassadors awards ceremony to Mashonaland West province. The company today hosted a lively event at Chinhoyi town’s CUT Hotel, about 115km northwest of Harare, at which it handed out…
By Byron Mutingwende Stakeholders at a public hearing held by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructure at the New Ambassador Hotel in Harare on 13 February 2018 said the Civil Aviation Bill needed amendments on many areas. In his contribution, Nkosilathi Sibanda, the Chairman of the Commercial and General Aviation Association…
By Byron Mutingwende Multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) has set its sight on investing in Zimbabwe’s energy sector. Top executives of the company today met the committee on mines and energy and expressed their willingness to invest in aviation, locomotives, power and healthcare with a view of exploring and finding tangible ways for…
Staff Writer Econet Wireless yesterday recognised and rewarded its top-performing Harare-based brand ambassadors at a colourful event held in the capital. The country’s largest mobile network operator hosted the event to “motivate and honour” the top performing brand ambassadors in its Harare Northern region and to “spread the inspiration”, according to Chief Operating Officer…
By Byron Mutingwende The Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) is increasing the capacities of communities to protect development gains and achieve improved well-being outcomes in the face of shocks and stresses enabling them to contribute to the economic growth of Zimbabwe. Speaking during the signing ceremony of the £21.5m contribution by the United…
The Tribe of Influencers will honour the most popular bloggers in the country. Voting for the Zimbabwean Blog Awards commenced on the 1st of February 2018 and will close on the 21st of February. Voting is open to anyone and everyone, local and abroad. The public can vote as many times as they want and…
By Joyce Mukucha Water shortages in most parts of Harare are being addressed to ensure the delivery of safe, clean and potable water to residents, the City’s Acting Water Manager Mr Tapiwa Kunyadini has said. The Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant is under refurbishment and old pipes in the suburbs are being replaced and monitored…
By Joyce Mukucha As a way of connecting business with prospective investors and financiers for the country’s economic growth, Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is set to hold the 59th edition of the exhibition. The show that will take place from 24 to 28 April 2018 is meant to enable beneficiation of local resources to…
By Byron Mutingwende Students heading for University of Johannesburg (UJ) have been urged to raise the Zimbabwean flag by excelling academically so that they will come back to participate in the rebuilding of the economy. Minister of State for Government Scholarships in the Office of the President and Cabinet Christopher Mushowe made the…
By Byron Mutingwende The Junior Chamber International Zimbabwe (JCI) is spearheading youth empowerment projects in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This emerged at the 2018 official opening of the organisation’s Harare chapter that was officiated by Prisca Mupfumira, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality on 24 January 2018. “I am indeed…
By Byron Mutingwende The Pan-African technological giants BitMari are playing an important role of assisting those in the diaspora to remit money back home at affordable rates in pursuit of growing the economy. In June 2017 BitMari partnered with the Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe (Agribank) to integrate Bitcoin and Blockchain technology into consumer offerings….
By Byron Mutingwende The noble undertaking of working towards the vision of achieving universal access to sustainable energy in Zimbabwe is being impeded by a plethora of challenges that require urgent attention. This appeared at a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy held in the Senate Chamber with the minister…
By Pauline Hurungudo Within the political discourse, many strategies have been used to bring about change and push the development agenda throughout the world. Social Media networks have emerged as effective tools and have since synthesised the globe and people by bridging the continental distance influencing national discourses. Their political role is no longer debatable…
By Byron Mutingwende Winston Chitando, the technocrat that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed as minister of mines and mining development has laid out a revival plan for the sector. Chitando revealed that during the deliberations on oral evidence from his sector, boards and parastatatals on the ministry’s plans and programmes to address the urgent…
By Byron Mutingwende In a quest to improve the quality of education and consolidate Zimbabwe’s status as the leading country on literacy levels in Africa, a Cabinet minister has proffered a cocktail of measures to improve the sector. Speaking during the official handover of the Zimbabwe-China Friendship High School in Harare on Thursday…
By Staff reporter A telecom industry report last week revealed that Econet Wireless Zimbabwe had the highest Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) of $8,57 between July and September this year, ahead of its main industry rivals Telecel, whose ARPU was $2.63, and NetOne, whose ARPU was $1.86 in the same period. ARPU is a key…
By Byron Mutingwende Born and bred in rural Marondera where farmers used organic farming to grow crops, Clive Nyapokoto experienced the hard and intense labour involved in the daily farm activities which sometimes he had to do before going to school in the morning. That background motivated him to come up with innovations to…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s largest mobile network operator, says it welcomes the third quarter (Q3) telecom sector report published by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) on Thursday 7 December 2017. The report, published on a quarterly basis by the industry regulator, shows Econet extending its mobile market leadership and…
Women overcome poverty through food and nutrition security programmes By Byron Mutingwende Ward 9 and 19 of Chipinge District are role models of successful small-scale farming under the land reform programme. The Food and Nutrition Security Committee (FNSC) initiated programmes saw women in the wards running successful banana, cassava, poultry, dairy and value…
By Byron Mutingwende The drive through Hippo Valley Estates from Chiredzi Town heading towards the south is panoramic and breath-taking. There is a hive of activity as sugar-cane cutters are ferried by huge tractors to and from work. Huge piles of molasses bags are heaped at the Tongaat Hullet Sugar Refinery and in the…
Elton Gomori I am not a prophet of doom or an evangelist of fantasies but an equally qualified preacher of reality. Zimbabwe is beyond any shadow of doubt one of the world’s most phenomenal tourist destinations. This is so because of her variety of flora and fauna, majestic landforms and of course, exceptional manmade structures…
By Patricia Mashiri No one has ever dreamt that waste management and recycling would be someones’s passion. Tinashe Manyonga a 29 year-old social entrepreneur started his green economy journey few years back. He studied for a degree in Crop science at the University of Zimbabwe before he turned to waste management and recycling. Manyonga who…
By Byron Mutingwende and Patricia Mashiri Zimbabwe is moving towards embracing a green economy through harnessing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs0 for resource efficient and low carbon development. Speaking at the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe (BCSDZ) annual conference at Cresta Lodge in Harare, Cecilia Ndwabe, the manager is in…
By Byron Mutingwende Popular mobile money service, EcoCash, has integrated with MBCA Bank Limited, bringing to 11 the number of banks directly integrated with the mobile financial transacting system. A company spokesman yesterday confirmed the integration, saying the development was set to offer EcoCash and MBCA customers more convenience, choice and flexibility. “We…
By Byron Mutingwende The government has launched the “district risk profiles” in a bid to ensure a national integrated food and nutrition security information system that provides timely and reliable information on the food and nutrition security situation and the effectiveness of programmes and informs decision-making. In his speech during the launch at…
… Bets on new TMT model to drive business growth … HARARE (October 31, 2017) – Econet Wireless Zimbabwe today announced solid half-year financial results for the 6 months from March to August 31, 2017, posting a 17% increase in revenue of $353 million, and an increase in profit to $49 million, buoyed by…
By Byron Mutingwende The launch of Econet’s “Swipe into Ecocash” facility today (Wednesday 25 October 2017) is set to improve financial inclusion among Zimbabweans battling a crippling liquidity crisis. Natalie Jabangwe-Morris, the Ecocash Manager, speaking during the launch said Ecocash is indeed Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money platform, driving 98 per cent of mobile…
By Byron Mutingwende Telecom regulator Potraz releases quarterly industry report Econet maintains top spot in mobile sector The local telecommunications regulator, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) has just released its second quarter report (covering May to July 2017) highlighting how the sector’s performance, based on how key players in the industry performed…
By Byron Mutingwende Resilience science involves bringing together multiple strategies targeting a variety of stakeholders who are affected differently by the shocks that arise out of the negative effects of climate change. True to its modus operandi, the United Nations (UN) Zimbabwe team toured Masvingo Province to ensure communities embrace this phenomenon. To…
By Patricia Mashiri Zimbabwe is concerned bout the significant growth of resistance to infections like TB and malaria, which is generally known as antimicrobial resistance. The Ministry of Health and Childcare has launched the Zimbabwe Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) National Action Plan and the Situation Analysis Report under the theme “Together as one Health in the…
Over 170 000 farmers have benefitted from an innovative research for development project which focuses on small scale mixed crop and livestock meant to improve their food and nutritional security. The project which was begun in 2012 brings new innovative ways to farming and has already resulted in improved nutrition and an ending to perennial…
Simon Madhovi from Ward 28 in Murehwa now stands tall among others as a real farmer with a capacity to feed his family and send his children to school. “In the past I had challenges in raising school fees and food for myself and let alone constructing a proper homestead. Thanks to the Zimbabwe Integrating…
By Tinashe Gwarazimba and Tinotenda Mapfumo Harare Polytechnic students have been urged to be innovative by coming up with innovative ideas that bring about technological improvements. This is because for a country that largely relies on imports for most of its products, any homegrown solution to homegrown problems is a welcome development. …
By Byron Mutingwende The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are among the strategies aimed at addressing the challenges associated with climate change. Climate change has the potential to impact negatively on almost all sectors of the economy. Zimbabwe like other African countries has been experiencing impacts of climate change which includes severe floods, frequent…
Unveils $600-per-month youth job opportunity Programme set to create thousands of jobs Elevate Club, a youth empowerment initiative supported by the Econet Group, has launched the Elevate Virtual Agent Programme (EVAP) which is set to deliver thousands of jobs for young Zimbabweans and create the opportunity for its members to earn up to $600…
By Patricia Mashiri In a bid to ensure food security, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has called on the need to strengthen and improve the movement of improved varieties and quality seed within the region. In his speech during the launch of “Domestication of COMESA Harmonised Seed Regulations” in Harare, Dr…
By Byron Mutingwende and Patricia Mashiri Renewable energy is now at the centre of global efforts of moving towards greener economies, sustainable development and poverty eradication, a senior government official has said. Speaking at the meeting for nexus ministries in Harare on 31 August 2017, Patson Mbiriri, the Permanent Secretary for energy and…
By Byron Mutingwende The government is fostering the development of entrepreneurship among the youths through a technology transfer programme. In his address at the Funding Innovative Capacity Development (FICAD) project spearheaded by the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (ZEPARU), Dr. Desire Mutize Sibanda, the…
By Byron Mutingwende One of the leading mobile telephony service providers, NetOne is set to transform the lives of the generality of the Zimbabwean population following its launch of two important products namely OneCover and OneTech. Speaking during the launch in Harare on 17 August 2017, Brian Mutandiro, the NetOne Acting Chief Executive…
By Byron Mutingwende The Southern African Development Community (SADC), with support from the African Union (AU), is seeking to establish a regional cross-border interconnection framework and the regional interconnection offer (RIO). Speaking at a validation workshop held in Harare recently, Dr. Sam Kundishora, Zimbabwe’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Postal…
By Byron Mutingwende African countries have shown their interest and willingness to strive for science, technology, and innovation (STI)-led development, the Africa Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has noted. This emerged during the launch of the 2017 Africa Capacity Report held at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) in the capital on Tuesday 28…
