BancABC Zimbabwe “Ignites” the SME Sector with new account offering & launch of Ignition Hub

BancABC Zimbabwe today announced the launch of their Business Banking offering focused on supporting the SME sector countrywide in their entrepreneurial journey. The new offering “iGnite Account” was unveiled at the bank’s Heritage branch at an event attended by officials from the World Bank and various SME representative bodies. The service is expected to complement…

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Namibia gets AfDB water and sanitation grant

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/en) on Wednesday approved a $121.7 million loan (ZAR 1.893 billion) and Euro 3 million grant from the Rural Water Supply Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund to support Namibia’s “Water Sector Support Program”. The program will facilitate sustainable production and transfer of water resources to improve access…

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Youths Have Force To Influence Positive Change: Afreximbank

The new Africa presents the continent’s youth with an excellent battleground to join and wage the economic struggle that will finally liberate Africa, Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-import Bank (Afreximbank) has said. Speaking on Wednesday on the topic “Unleashing the Power of the Youth” while delivering the 14th Convocation Lecture of the…

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Rural Girls and Young Women on the Forefront of Building Climate Resilience

By Joyce Mukucha The impacts of climate disasters have continued to make headlines around the world and this has seen cases of gender-based violence, including sexual harassment, domestic violence and sexual exploitation increasing amongst rural based girls and women. Research and statistics indicate that floods, wildfires, and droughts are decimating communities across the globe. Already,…

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Developing world at mercy of adverse impacts of climate change

Climate change is disproportionately impacting developing countries in the Global South as witnessed by incessant droughts, flooding, heat-waves, sea-level rise, water shortages, famine and disease. This emerged at the Advocates4Earth half-day Meeting on the theme Climate Change Negotiations at Cop25: Implications and Challenges for Zimbabwe held at today at the Bronte Hotel in Harare. Anna…

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No justification for retaining the death penalty in Zimbabwe: Veritas

Veritas, the organisation that provides information on the work of the Parliament of Zimbabwe and the Laws of Zimbabwe has said there is no moral or practical justification for retaining the death penalty in the country. This emerged during a workshop with journalists to discuss the death penalty that was held at the Bronte Hotel…

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COVID-19 Preparedness at Robert International Airport Not Convincing

By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu Despite the Zimbabwean government’s claims that the country is ready to deal with the coronavirus (Covid-19), a Government official said operations of staff at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport lacked the capacity to effectively deal with the disease. The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health, Dr Ruth…

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Power structures over gender make women more vulnerable to climate change

By Adelle Thomas The 2020 International Women’s Day theme: I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights is closely linked to climate change impacts and the need for ambitious climate action. As the global community assesses progress made for women’s rights during the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, it is timely to take…

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CiZC Rolls Out Plan To Mobilise Citizens Against Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2

Civil society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) have vowed to mobilise citizens to reject the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2, accusing the ruling Zanu PF party of railroading the legislature to amend the laws to settle its factional fights. The position was taken during a CiZC coordinating committee…

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GMC capacitates female legislators with Media Skills

By Joyce Mukucha In an effort to improve visibility of women Members of Parliament in the digital era ,promoting women’s empowerment, equality and diversity, the Gender and Media Connect (GMC) is conducting a two-day media skills coaching workshop with the Zimbabwe Women Parliamentary Caucus in Harare. The training’s main thrust is aimed at creating a…

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Tens of thousands of people are still suffering one year on from Cyclone Idai

Tens of thousands of people across Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique are still suffering 12 months after Cyclone Idai battered Southern Africa, warned Oxfam yesterday. Cyclone Idai, one of the worst cyclones to hit Africa, made landfall on 14th March 2019. A new Oxfam briefing, ‘After the Storm,’ highlights that over 100,000 people in Mozambique and…

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Government prioritizes ICT industry

By Anyway Yotamu and Tafadzwa Kufah Government is working hard in the utilisation of Information, Communication Technologies (ICTs) to ensure the attainment of Vision 2030. Speaking to journalists after touring Mazowe Earth Station on Monday 9th of March 2020, Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister Jenfan Muswere said the ministry’s vision was to…

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HWT, ZLHR welcome Parliamentary Report on Wetlands Management

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Harare Wetlands Trust (HWT) have welcomed the report of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment and Tourism on Wetlands Management, presented to Parliament in February 2020. The report was prepared in response to submissions made by ZLHR and HWT to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment and…

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Which sources of information can transform African agriculture?

By Charles Dhewa All over the world, information sources are no longer just important for journalists. African policy makers who really want to transform their agro-based economies cannot afford to remain silent about their sources of information. There is emerging consensus to the effect that information from academic institutions, private companies and development agencies is…

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False start for Biti’s appeal hearing against conviction and sentencing over 2018 elections

By Kumbirai Mafunda The hearing and determination of an appeal filed by Harare East constituency legislator Hon. Tendai Biti got off to a false start on Monday 9 March 2020 after the High Court postponed the matter to Monday 11 May 2020. High Court Judges Felistus Chatukuta and Pisirayi Kwenda postponed the hearing of Hon….

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Storytelling rewarded under MultiChoice Talent Factory initiative

A new film-making category has been included in the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, the seventh annual ceremony for which will be held this weekend. The new category is the MultiChoice Talent Factory Award, named in honour of the MultiChoice Africa initiative to enhance film-making talent across Africa through a series of training programmes. Liz…

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Say No to Gendered Corruption: Women Told

By Joyce Mukucha Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has partnered with the Informal Traders Empowerment Association (ITEA) and other stakeholders in commemorating the International Women’s Day 2020. Several studies by TIZ reveal that despite that Zimbabwe having taken great strides in advancing gender equality through the establishment of various institutional, legal and policy frameworks, the country…

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Safeguard invests in security dogs and their training

Safeguard Security has invested significantly in its dog section, which in Harare has moved from Graniteside to a more spacious environment in Greendale, where dogs are housed in modern purpose-built kennels with plenty of room for exercise and training.. “Our kennels meet international standards and, because of the built-in drainage system we have in place,…

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Government majoring on misplaced priorities: FreeZim Congress

Joseph Makamba Busha, the President of FreeZim Congress Party has thrown a tantrum on government for neglecting pressing needs of the populace in preference to programmes that do not change people’s lives positively.   Speaking to journalists in Harare today, Makamba singled out government’s prioritisation of a new Parliament building and possibly a new city…

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ZINARA on course to meeting ZWL$1.2 billion revenue target

By  Anyway Yotamu and Joyce Mukucha. Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) says it budgeting around ZWL700 million for disbursements towards road construction works from the targeted ZWL 1.2 billion revenue collections in 2020 as the administration seeks to play a major role in revamping of the country’s road network. The parastatal which is responsible for…

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Preparations for 2022 Population and Housing Census gather momentum

Preparations for the 2022 Population and Housing Census have already kicked off in full force with the deployment of fourteen field mapping teams across the country since December 2019.   This emerged during the Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation Meeting for the 2022 Population and Housing Census held at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare today….

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Rugby Africa Cup 2020 sets a first milestone for gender equality in rugby

Rugby Africa (http://www.RugbyAfrique.com/) (celebrates International Woman’s Day and its #EachForEqual initiative with the announcement that the women’s and men’s edition of the Rugby Africa Cup 2020 will concur at the same time. Whenever suitable, the women’s match will be played as a curtain raiser in the same venue as the men’s matches. “This is a…

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Old Mutual Zimbabwe calls for equal opportunities on International Women’s Day

Old Mutual Zimbabwe celebrated Women’s Day by bringing together more that 300 women for the 2020 edition of Old Mutual Limited Women’s Network (OWN) International Women’s Day celebrations in Harare under the theme “Each for Equal.” Old Mutual Limited Women’s Network is an inclusive network of change agents within the organization whose purpose is to…

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ZIMCODD celebrates International Women’s Day

By ZIMCODD Information The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) is in solidarity with the many women and organised women groups in Zimbabwe in commemorating the International Women’s Day. Nevertheless, as women in other spheres are celebrating social, economic, cultural and political achievements, Zimbabwean women bemoan the economic, social, political and environmental challenges that…

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Upholding fiscal transparency fosters economic growth

Dr. Tawanda Zinyama, a Lecturer of Public Administration at the University of Zimbabwe has said upholding fiscal transparency is a critical ingredient for economic growth.   Dr. Zinyama revealed this at a workshop jointly organised by the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) in partnership with Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) held for the Parliamentary Portfolio…

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Canada provides CA$3 million to lift 55 000 Zimbabweans out of hunger

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of $3 million CAD from the Canadian Government to life-saving humanitarian operations in Zimbabwe. The funding supports WFP’s rapid scale-up of emergency food assistance to reach almost 55,000 people in Matobo district. Canada’s contribution comes at a crucial time when WFP is working to…

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Rotary International President to grace Youth Symposium in Harare

The Rotary International (RI) President Mark Daniel Maloney will on 7 March 2020  attend a Youth Symposium at Dominican Convent High School in Harare between 8am  and 1pm. President Mark will be the second Rotary International President to visit  Zimbabwe. The aim of the symposium is to present community service projects facilitated by young people…

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Tourism ready to play part in tackling COVID-19

As the current outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) continues to develop, the Tourism Business Council of Zimbabwe (TBCZ), the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) and the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry (MECTHI) are committed to working together in guiding the travel and tourism sector’s response to COVID-19. Today the tourism sector players…

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