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GreenTec Capital Partners, Senegalese General Delegation sign MoU to Accelerate Entrepreneurship for Women and Young People

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago09 mins

The needs of Start-ups, MSMEs and SMEs in Africa today revolve around a balanced combination of financing and operational support The Senegalese General Delegation for the Acceleration of Entrepreneurship for Women and Young People (DER), under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal, signed a partnership agreement with GreenTec Capital Partners (https://GreenTec-Capital.com),…

Gates Foundation’s ‘Failing’ Green Revolution in Africa: New Report

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago021 mins

New research from the Tufts Global Development and Environment Institute finds the billion-dollar Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is not living up to its promises By Stacy Malkan Massive investments spent promoting and subsidizing commercial seeds and agrichemicals across Africa have failed to fulfill their purpose of alleviating hunger and lifting small-scale farmers…

Musakanda stars with NPL’s first century

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

MidWest – 306-8 in 45 overs (Tarisai Musakanda 142, Takudzwa Kaitano 63, Nyasha Mayavo 42; Masimba Maruvatsanga 4/59, Owen Muzondo 1/47) Gladiators – 158 all out in 33.1 overs (Wesley Madhevere 59, Tony Munyonga 27, Ashley Mufandauya 26; Trevor Chibvongodze 3/21, Manson Chikowero 2/13, Jabulisa Tshuma 2/23) MidWest won by 148 runs A magnificent innings…

The Mid-Term Fiscal and Economic Review Statement Analysis

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago010 mins

By Dr. Tapiwa Mashakada The government presented its mid-year economic and budget review on Thursday 16 July 2020 against high expectations from a nation on its edge. Because of the economic hardships, Zimbabweans were expecting some good news to make them at least smile. I was in Parliament listening very attentively. My take is that…

Gringo still alive: Sekuru Banda

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago03 mins

The late popular comedian Lazarus Boora popularly known as Gringo is still alive thanks to the revival of his legacy, which is being resuscitated by famous traditional healer Sekuru Banda. Gringo is a televised comedy in which Boora was the lead character who entertained people while educating them about contemporary issues around family affairs, love,…

‘Adopt Regenerative Farming Practices’- Dairy, Beef Farmers Told.

Joyce Mukucha3 years ago04 mins

By Elvis Dumba MUTORASHANGA- Farmers in the beef and dairy industry have been urged to adopt environment friendly practices in their activities to combat environment damaging effects such as land degradation which result from overgrazing. A Mutorashanga farmer has took it upon himself in training small scale dairy and beef farmers around the area in…

ARTUZ clears air on its member’s suspension

Byron Adonis Mutingwende1 year ago02 mins

Writes Marlvin Ngiza The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has confirmed the suspension of its Masvingo provincial spokesperson with immediate effect. ARTUZ deputy secretary general, Munyaradzi Masiyiwa, said that the suspension was in line with the union’s code of conduct which does not condone contrary views to their ideology following allegations that Runesu…

H.E Edward Kallon rallies environmental sustainability, climate action and food security

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 months ago08 mins

HE Edward Kallon, the Zimbabwe UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, has rallied stakeholders to ensure environmental sustainability, climate action, and food security as part of efforts to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). This emerged at the 2024 SADC Regional Commemoration of World Environment Day Theme: “Land Restoration, Desertification, and Drought Resilience” held at the Geo…

University of Nairobi honours Global Center on Adaptation CEO, Professor Patrick Verkooijen

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago05 mins

Global Center on Adaptation CEO, Professor Patrick Verkooijen, was conferred with an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Nairobi at the institution’s 2022 Commencement Ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya. Professor Verkooijen was awarded a Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, of the University of Nairobi in recognition of his long career and achievements in championing…

“Let’s address skills mismatch in jobs for the youth,” speaker tells African Economic Conference

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago05 mins

According to Adamon Mukasa, senior researcher at the African Development Bank, under-skilled youth represented 28.9% of Africa’s population The second day of the 2019 African Economic Conference, exploring ways to create jobs for Africa’s youth, focused on the youth skills gap issue across the continent. The conference in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh…

Zimbabwe on right track towards tackling climate change

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

By Anyway Yotamu. Zimbabwe is on the right track to combating climate change by implementing agreements outlined in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Addressing delegates at the two-day Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs) communication strategy validation workshop in Harare, Director of Climate Change in the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry, …

Taskforce will spearhead implementation of electoral and political reforms: ZESN

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago03 mins

The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has said the establishment of an inter-ministerial taskforce will address recommendations and issues raised by the various election observer missions and the Motlanthe Commission on the 1 August 2018 shootings. The network urged the government to set up an inclusive multi stakeholder taskforce comprising of a wide range of…

Sanganai/Hlanganani buyers begin pre-tour

Byron Adonis Mutingwende1 year ago02 mins

More than 40 buyers have arrived in Zimbabwe and are beginning their pre-tours of the country’s top resort towns in preparation for the 16th edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo set to take place from 12 to 14 October at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo. A total of over 100 buyers from…

Zimbabwe International Film Festival is back!

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago06 mins

21st Edition to run under the theme “Owning Our Story” Following a two-year hiatus due to funding constraints in 2019, and the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the Zimbabwe International Film Festival is making a return to the cultural event calendar this year, picking up where it left off with the theme “Owning Our Story”. …

Preparations for forest management workshop in Africa underway

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago08 mins

By Baboloki Semele Forest management stakeholders are bracing themselves for an information-sharing workshop on challenges and opportunities for forest management in Africa slated for 28 March to 1 April 2022 in Mombasa, Kenya to be held under the theme “Strengthening management and use of forest ecosystems for sustainable development in Africa”. The project seeks to…

Why economic growth is not about turning productive land into buildings

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago09 mins

By Charles Dhewa With Africa fast becoming the world’s centre of economic gravity due to its natural resources, it should re-define economic growth. Growth is not about building sky scrapers or turning productive land into residential areas. In addition to food production, African countries should define growth as purifying indigenous knowledge systems into excellence…

Double Eviction! Avala & Isilomo evicted from the BBNaija House

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago03 mins

Fans bid farewell to the two housemates at BBNaija First Sunday Eviction Show Big Brother Naija “Pepper dem” housemates Avala and Isilomo have been evicted from the Big Brother Naija show. The two housemates, who were evicted on Sunday, July 8th, 2019 are the first housemates to leave the house during a surprise double eviction…

Splash Paints to Decorate City of Harare

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago04 mins

By Tatenda Mujeyi Splash Paints has donated paint worth RTGS$ 250 000 to the City of Harare in a bid to further beautify the ‘Sunshine City.’ “This is a pride moment for Splash Paints to partner with the country’s biggest city council. Splash Paint has reached in its maturity through achieving our goals through very…

Local blog wins continental accolade

Byron Adonis Mutingwende10 years ago04 mins

By Kundai Marunya Local blog, The African Hip Hop Blog continues to shine, this time on a continental level winning an award for the Best Blog About Africa at the second African Blogger Awards. The blog which was founded by a Zimbabwean, Ross Hagan in 2008 while he was a student at Rhodes University record…

HR Insider: Expert tips on building your career

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago02 mins

By Shana Lebowitz Gaynor In November 2019, Microsoft released a free guide to effective collaboration at work. The company had spent the last five months partnering with the top design consultancy IDEO, researching the traits and behaviors that make some teams — of engineers, astronauts, or really anyone — more productive than others. And the execs…

Climate change impacts tourism: Minister Ndlovu

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago09 mins

Climate change impacts on the tourism sector and vice-versa hence the need for sustainable management of the natural phenomenon as well so as to create opportunities for the sector, Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said. The Minister of Environment, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu speaking at the Tourism and Hospitality Sector Indaba in Victoria…

The rise of rural women’s movements in Southern Africa

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago013 mins

By Mercia Andrews Rural African women are often made invisible, hidden and marginalised in leadership structures. By organising themselves in social movements, women in Southern Africa have amplified their voices to challenge agri-business and patriarchal oppression while advancing agroecology and building new leadership for a feminist agroecology. In Africa, rural women have to struggle against…

Zimbabwe crush Afghanistan inside two days in first Test

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago012 mins

Afghanistan – 131 and 135 all out in 45.3 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 76, Amir Hamza 21*, Asghar Afghan 14; Donald Tiripano 3/23, Victor Nyauchi 3/30, Blessing Muzarabani 2/14) Zimbabwe – 250 and 17-0 in 3.2 overs (kevin Kasuza 11*, Prince Masvaure 5*) Zimbabwe won by 10 wickets Captain Sean Williams and the pace…

Paradza popularity rattled opponents who resorted to hired demos

Joyce Mukucha3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

Chinhoyi – Makonde legislator and ZANU PF District Coordinator, Kindness Paradza’s popularity among party members has rattled his opponents for the provincial chairmanship post for Mashonaland West who have resorted to a smear campaign against him. During a recent party’s provincial coordinating meeting at the Chinhoyi University of Technology, some hordes of demonstrators were reportedly…

2023 Elections: Parliament to correct constitutional printing error on Provincial Councils

Byron Adonis Mutingwende1 year ago04 mins

Writes Elvis Dumba Banket – Parliament is expected to correct a constitutional blunder that was a result of a printing error. This was revealed by the Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi. The legal guru said they only noticed the error recently following information availed by the opposition members from Citizens Coalition…

AUDA-NEPAD, JICA Report highlights importance of building resilient healthcare systems

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 months ago6 months ago014 mins

Driving healthcare innovation and accessibility in Africa A new report led by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), highlights key steps healthcare ventures, investors and policymakers can take to foster growth, innovation, and resilience within Africa’s healthcare sector. 28 early- and growth-stage African healthcare ventures have been supported by the Home-Grown Solutions Accelerator over the…

Coronavirus: WHO concerned as COVID-19 cases accelerate in Africa

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago05 mins

To contain COVID-19, many countries in Africa are implementing measures, which restrict gatherings and the movement of people With more than 6000 COVID-19 cases reported in Africa, the virus is threatening fragile health systems on the continent. Infections are increasingly spreading not only between African countries but within different localities in the hardest-hit countries. For…

New land policy to curb multiple farm ownership and corrupt allocations: Minister Ziyambi

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 weeks ago05 mins

Writes Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – The newly proclaimed land tenure policy will help to correct anomalies in the farming land distribution, a ZANU (PF) Politburo and Cabinet Minister has said. The government recently announced an indefinite moratorium on the issuance of any new 99-year leases, offer letters, and permits for agricultural land. Under the new…

Fear of rural-urban voter migration grips Karoi

Byron Adonis Mutingwende1 year ago08 mins

Writes Nhau Mangirazi There is widespread fear of rural-urban voter migration amid allegations of suspected election fraud in Karoi town, an investigation has exposed. President Emerson Mnangagwa has proclaimed 23 August as the election date. A month-long investigation has revealed that some Zanu PF aspiring councillors are using ‘‘‘fake letters’ to transfer potential voters from…

Dunhuramambo rebrands to improve market share

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago05 mins

By Patricia Mashiri Dunhuramambo has rebranded to Zambezi Cruise and Safaris to improve their market share and penetrate new markets through improvement of standards. Since the rebranding, the organisation has witnessed a lot of tourists mainly the locals. They receive approximately 80% of local tourists, be it leisure or business. Victor Mubiana, the Sales and…

PAP engages stakeholders to craft model law on food and nutrition security

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago02 mins

The Pan African Parliament (PAP) is hosting a Technical Consultative Workshop for Experts on the Draft Model Law on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN). The technical consultative workshop is taking place from 05 to 06 November 2022, in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, the seat of the PAP. “The model law shall govern issues related to…

ZIMSOFF partners Parliamentarians in driving agro-ecology to address GBV and drug abuse

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 months ago08 mins

In partnership with Parliamentarians, the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF) is fighting gender-based violence (GBV) and drug and substance abuse in communities by implementing various agroecology mechanisms. Speaking at a tour of their projects by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committees (PPC) on Lands at the National Policy Dialogue recently, a Gutu small livestock farmer, Daizy…

Joint book launch by Susan Tembo and Ophar Bizabani demonstrates women’s writing prowess

Byron Adonis Mutingwende11 months ago07 mins

Writes Chimeno Azriel Two upcoming Kadoma-based female authors are set to launch their debut books in Kadoma this weekend in what will be the first-ever double book launch to be held in the mining town. The double book launch is expected to take place on the 9th of December 2023 at St Aidian’s Methodist church…

ARTUZ condemns GBV in the workplace

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago3 years ago03 mins

By Marlvin Ngiza The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has condemned gender based-violence while advocating for gender equality at workplaces. Speaking ahead of the 2021 commemorations of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, ARTUZ Gender and Social Welfare Secretary Sukuoluhle Ndlovu reprimanded all perpetrators of violence at workplaces. She said gender…

Josiah Magama Tongogara remembered, 40 years later

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago03 mins

By Anyway Yotamu. 26 December 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of a gallant son of the soil and former ZANLA Commander, Josiah Magama Tongogara. He died six days after the Lancaster House Agreement was signed. An extremely sad message was conveyed to all the the freedom fighters and the people of Zimbabwe…

Chitrest sues Chitungwiza Municipality

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

By Ronnie Chisamba The Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) is suing the Chitungwiza Municipality for contempt of court following the destruction of illegal vending and other business structures in Zengeza earlier last week – in total disregard of a court order which ruled against the demolition process. Speaking on behalf of Chitrest, Alice Kuvheya (the organization’s…

Half of world’s teens experience peer violence in and around school – UNICEF

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago09 mins

Physical fights, sexual violence and bullying disrupt the education of 150 million 13-15 year-olds worldwide NEW YORK, 6 September 2018 – Half of students aged 13 to 15 worldwide – around 150 million – report having experienced peer-to-peer violence in and around school, according to a new report released by UNICEF today. An Everyday Lesson: #ENDviolence in Schools says…

Watch proudly crafted African entertainment on DStv

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago04 mins

The African continent is known for its beautiful landscapes, diverse and colourful people, as well as its rich history. This beautiful place forms the foundation of who we are, how we live our lives, and which values we stand by. It goes without saying that because we are so different to the rest of the…

Africa Skills Week: The mindset around TVET ‘has to change’

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 weeks ago05 mins

Accra, Ghana, 14 October 2024: For Africa to realise its immense potential – and address the anticipated doubling of its youth workforce to 1.6 billion people by 2050 – technical and vocational education and training (TVET) must be championed, delegates to the first-ever Africa Skills Week (ASW) conference heard today. ASW takes place in…

Mupfumira begins re-engagement series tour

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago06 mins

Spiked Correspondent The Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Hon. Priscah Mupfumira (MP) is leading a delegation comprising of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), the tourism industry and media on her second international re-engagement series tour across major tourism source markets – South Africa, United Kingdom and Germany. This series is scheduled to kick off…

Dedicate more time to issues of refugees and forced displacements: African Parliamentarians

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

Delegates at the just ended 10th Conference of Speakers of African Assemblies and Senates have proposed an extension to the dedication period regarding this year’s African Union theme on forced migration. The African Union theme for this year is “Finding durable solutions to forced migration to accelerate integration and development in Africa: the role of…

Ndhlovu Highlights ZITF as a Key Driver of Zimbabwe’s Vision 2030; Unveils Economic Growth Opportunities

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 months ago05 mins

In recent years, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) has transformed into more than just an event; it is a pivotal platform for economic rejuvenation and industrial advancement. Catalyzing showcasing trade opportunities, attracting investments, and fostering innovation, the ZITF propels the country towards its ambitious Vision 2030 goals. As preparations for the 2024 edition of…

Electric vehicles form of high energy efficiency strategy: Strive Masiyiwa

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago03 mins

Econet Chairman, Mr Strive Masiyiwa has said the electric vehicle (EV) is one of the coolest energy adaptation solutions that have emerged in modern world. In coming up with this conclusion, Mr Masiyiwa presented interesting points. The telecoms guru alluded to the fact that most industrialised countries, including China and the European Union have announced…

COP16 Biodiversity Summit: Delayed crucial agreements may hamper Global Biodiversity Framework implementation

Byron Adonis Mutingwende12 hours ago4 hours ago023 mins

Dr. Christian K. Tiambo, Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) – International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Progress at COP16 The “People’s COP”, COP16 summit concluded on the 2nd of November in Cali, in the Valle del Pacífico Event Center, the second largest and most modern event space in Colombia and the…

Zimbabwe and its citizens inspire me: Musician Vee Mhofu

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago01 mins

By Ronnie Chisamba The country’s rising traditional mbira and Afro-fusion artiste, Virimai Edmore Nhedenga – aka Vee Mhofu – says Zimbabwe and her people are his sources of inspiration. Vee Mhofu made the statement during a recent online interview with this publication. “My country and its people are my sources of inspiration,”…