In a significant stride towards enhancing customer convenience, NetOne’s OneMoney platform has expanded its suite of digital payment solutions to include DStv subscription payments. This innovative feature, accessible through the simple dial of *554#, reaffirms NetOne’s commitment to providing cutting-edge, customer-centric solutions that seamlessly integrate into the daily lives of Zimbabweans. The integration of…
Hon Richard Tusabe, the Minister of State in Charge of the National Treasury for Rwanda has said there is a need to finance the agriculture sector on the African continent to ensure food and nutrition security. He was speaking during a side event for parliamentarians that was moderated by Dr. Fatimata Lovetta Sesay, the…
French minister Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, in her address to the media at the Africa Climate Week, emphasised the need to scale up private capital aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. She said there is a need to maintain the strong political momentum for climate action and global financial system reform….
The Africa Men’s Sevens will be the second African qualifier on the road to Tokyo after the Women’s Sevens tournament in Tunisia earlier this month where Kenya secured its direct ticket to the Games Under the umbrella of Rugby Africa (RugbyAfrique.com), and together with their partner Société Générale, the South Africa Rugby Union hosts the…
By Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) Introduction The March Policy Digest examines the Health Service Amendment Bill (HSAB) from a social and economic justice perspective. It seeks to determine if the Bill promotes health equity as well as value social and economic justice for all citizens. According to the government, the bill seeks…
Results of recent meetings of leading Regional Fisheries Management Organizations underscore the need for greater transparency and accountability in their decision-making processes. That was the conclusion from Accountability.Fish as it published the latest results from annual meetings of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) which…
The Zimbabwe lawyers for Human Rights has reported that authorities have arrested and charged a man with undermining authority of or insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he allegedly stated that he disliked him for mismanaging the country’s economy. 32 year-old Farai Gwaza of Dindi village in Pfungwe, Mashonaland East province was arrested early this month…
Music Crossroads Academy Zimbabwe resident band Yenge Family will this Friday the 6th of May 2022 perform at Theatre in the Park from 7 PM until 10 PM. The admission is only $5, tickets are still available and bookings can be done on 0774232478 or 0782217462. The concert is organized by Rooftop Promotions and Dollarbill…
Abuse of girls by anyone, let alone a medical doctor, is unheard of and must be condemned in the strongest of terms by all progressive forces. Staff Reporter Spiked Online has hidden the identity of the doctor for now since this is a developing story with threats to the reporter A prominent medical practitioner and…
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…
By Byron Mutingwende Parliamentarians play a crucial role in curbing corruption through creating legislation that enhances access to justice and fair distribution of resources. The Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC), a unit of Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) led by its Team Leader, Danai Mabuto engaged the Parliamentarians at a half day training workshop…
The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) and the African Union Development Agency of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) are co-organising the side-event “Accelerating Investments for Inclusive and Holistic Agricultural Risk Management in Africa” on the sidelines of the commemoration of the 15th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS), the 20th…
The Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems – Southern Africa (SHEFS-SA) consortium seeks to catalyse the transformation of Southern African food systems and communities towards systems and communities that are healthy and resilient to climate risks. This emerged at a side event ahead of the Climate and Health Africa Conference (CHAC) 2024 running under the…
The Southern African Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (SAf-CNGO), also known as the SADC Council of NGOs, has officially announced the appointment of Mr. Lebogang Kenneth Mabotho as the Acting Executive Director. In this role, Mr. Mabotho will provide critical oversight and direction to the organization, working closely with the secretariat and its staff to ensure…
One called it ‘karma’, the other saw a ‘silver lining’ They came in alone but left together: this week’s evictees from the Big Brother Titans house were Jaypee and Lukay, team name Jaykay, whose journey came to an end three weeks into the game. That leaves 20 housemates in the running for the grand prize of US$100,000….
One week before it’s expected to lift the curtain on a long-rumored video streaming service at an event on March 25, Apple announced two new iPads. Starting at $499 (£479, AU$779), the new iPad Air features a 10.5-inch Retina display and the same A12 Bionic processor used in the iPhone XS. The new $399 (£399, AU$599) iPad Mini will…
By Georges van Montfort This week, representatives of African governments, United Nations Agencies, civil society organisations, private sector, women groups, youth groups and other stakeholders converged in Victoria Falls for the sixth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development. Organised annually, the forum provides an opportunity for African countries to advance the implementation…
APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service has announced that it has won a prestigious PRovoke Africa SABRE Award for the public relations campaign around Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition. The ABH program (www.AfricaBusinessHeroes.org) is designed to promote entrepreneurship in Africa and empower the next generation of African…
GBCHealth, Aliko Dangote Foundation and ECA Collaborate on Inaugural Africa Business: Health Forum 2019 GBCHealth (www.GBCHealth.org), Aliko Dangote Foundation (www.Dangote.com/foundation) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (www.UNECA.org) jointly held the inaugural Africa Business: Health Forum (www.AfricaBusinessHealthForum.com) on the margins of the 32nd African Union Summit. It brought together leaders from government and business with a strong…
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – Mary Mliswa is set to make history by becoming the first elected female provincial chairperson for ZANU (PF) in Mashonaland West Province in the internal elections set for Tuesday. Mliswa, who is banking on the high number of female supporters across the province has also managed to get male supporters…
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 Elmond Bandauko Discussions of local government are usually about the activities of the mayor and councillors. After all, elected officials make the important policy decisions. However, this focus overlooks those who deliver municipal services. A small group of elected officials is supported by a much larger group of professional public servants who advise the…
An exclusive one-on-one conversation at IAE 2024 – organized by Energy Capital & Power – examined how financing solutions can support the scale-up of clean cooking solutions in sub-Saharan Africa During an in-conversation discussion at this year’s Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2024 Forum in Paris on May 15, Partner and Co-Investment Director at Spark+…
By Elvis Dzvene First and foremost what is it that we don’t have? Is it a begging culture that is in us that we can’t do without? We have plenty of suitable land for commercial purpose, minerals, recreational resources, we have academics, policy makers, and we have technical expertise so if I may ask what…
On Wednesday, Transparency International celebrated World Whistleblower Day. Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Sergey Magnitsky are just the best-known of the many people who have risked everything to do the right thing and challenge the status quo against all odds. It’s rarely been clearer that calling out wrongdoing and exposing the truth can save lives. Dozens of cases of mismanagement…
A total of 397 women in Zimbabwe have benefitted from repair surgery conducted at fistula repair centres under the Campaign to End Obstetric Fistula led by the Ministry of Health and Child Care and implemented with financial and technical support from UNFPA and Women and Health Alliance International (WAHA). The majority of surgeries were conducted…
The Startup Incubator programme is aimed at helping women turn their renewable and green energy enterprise idea into a product or service that customers want to buy The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) (http://www.AWIEForum.org) has launched a new initiative “Enterprise Development for Women-Owned Ventures in Green Energy” and is pleased to announce the…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has welcomed the statement made by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in which the military clarified that it will not interfere with the 2018 harmonised election. ZimRights welcomed the pronouncement by the ZDF’s director of public relations, Overson Mugwisi, that the army will uphold…
The Merck Foundation has called for action together with 13 African First Ladies and 27 Ministers to Build Healthcare Capacity, Break the Infertility Stigma, and Support Girl Education at their annual conference. Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) “More than a Mother” Ambassadors, African First Ladies of Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of…
By Joyce Mukucha Signs of Hope Trust a Zimbabwe held a meeting with persons with disabilities to teach them on the importance of participating in the electoral processes. Speaking during the occasion to celebrate women with disabilities held on the 9th of March 2018 in Harare, Samantha Sibanda, the founder of Signs of Hope said…
By Charles Dhewa In the absence of evidence-based agricultural policy formulation and implementation, most developing countries always rush to import food without sufficiently understanding their national contexts. During gluts, farmers in areas where fruits are produced in abundance do not benefit from selling nationally compared to when there are shortages. On the other hand, when…
The significance of tourism to Africa and its economy was once again cemented at this year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba with delegates from 80 countries in attendance. According to Africa’s Travel Indaba organisers, overall registrations reached the 7 000 mark, resulting in an increase of 4% from last year’s figures. “Indaba’s goal is to create a…
NMBZ Holdings, NMB Bank’s holding company, recorded a profit before tax of $11 757 594 for the half-year ended June 30, 2018, resulting in total comprehensive income of $9 086 483. This was an increase of 155 percent compared to the same period last year, when comprehensive income stood at $3 556 915. The…
Writes Desire Tshuma Three Harare Municipal Police officers who on Saturday 18 May around 3 pm hit a pedestrian with a car registration number ADB 4119 at a zebra crossing along Jason Moyo Avenue have handed themselves to the the Zimbabwe Republic Police at Harare Central Police Station. According to the complainant, Mr Elvis Nyanhongo,…
By Shamaine Nyamutswa The late business mogul and socialite Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure received a befitting send-off by Zimbabweans from all walks of life as he was laid to rest yesterday at his mansion in Domboshava. The famous socialite breathed his last following a high-speed car accident he had along Borrowdale Road in which his Rolls…
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the European Parliament (EP) are meeting in Brussels to discuss cooperation on gender equality, food security, peace and security, and youth participation in decision-making. The High-Level Parliamentary engagement takes place after the EU-AU Summit, held in February 2022. The two continental Parliamentary bodies are consulting on ways to achieve gender…
Norton Legislator Temba Mliswa has vowed to continue spearheading developmental programs in his constituency shunning petty politicking as his ZANU PF rival Chris Mutsvangwa has resorted to doing. Mutsvangwa recently donated various foodstuffs such as maize-meal and meat for various constituencies in Norton with people gathering to cook and eat in Jinx Town and Sandringham…
Writes Linda Tsungirirai Masarira, President of LEAD On this auspicious occasion of Workers’ Day, we agreed as the Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) to extend our deepest appreciation to the diligent and dedicated workers of Zimbabwe whose unwavering commitment drives the wheels of progress in our society. As we gather in different places today…
By Joyce Mukucha Following the Government’s ban on alcohol sales in retail outlets in light of the COVID-19 virus lockdown, the Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (SAAPA) Zimbabwe has applauded the bold step explaining that it was concerned about building a healthy nation and empowered communities. SAAPA is a national network of civil society organisations…
By Byron Mutingwende The participation and contribution to decision-making by women is crucial to advancing their needs and ensuring that the national HIV and AIDS response is gender responsive. Speaking at a meeting convened by UN Women at Meikles Hotel in Harare Thursday, Kumar Gupta, the Ambassador of Canada to Zimbabwe, said that ending the…
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…
By Dumisani O. Nkomo The results of the 2018 Harmonised elections provide an insight into voting trends and patterns which are useful for understanding Voter Psychology and the factors that influence how and who the electorate vote for. There are useful lessons for the contestants as well as other players such as the electoral management…
Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has appealed to the World Bank, the IMF and other multilateral institutions for humanitarian support for Zimbabwe and Sudan in the wake of the economic devastation brought about by the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic. Said Masiyiwa in his appeal: “As many of you on this platform know, I have been at the forefront,…
By Elvis Dumba Harare – The European Union Delegation (EU) to Zimbabwe will join the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe for Culture Month through various cultural activities this month for the first time as they celebrate EU Day. “The EU Delegation is delighted to join efforts with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) in…
The grain industry is a cornerstone of food security in Africa, serving as a staple for millions across the continent. With a burgeoning population and socioeconomic transformations, understanding the volume of grain production and consumption is pivotal for ensuring the resilience of food systems in Africa. The data obtained from IndexBox shows that the largest countries in…
