AfDB approves $1 million grant to children’s food and nutrition security programs

The Bank’s intervention will complement a separate therapeutic and supplemental feeding program for vulnerable households The African Development Bank (https://AfDB.org/) has approved a grant of $1 million to boost a children’s food and nutrition security program in Bié province in Angola. The resources are from a special relief fund to the government of Angola, in…

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ITC in partnership to reduce digital barriers for MSMEs in Central America

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the  e-commerce sector of 6 Central America countries are set to reap greater benefits from participation in international trade thanks to the existing partnership with eBay and two new partnerships struck by the International Trade Centre with PayPal and Payoneer, two leading global payments system providers. To kick…

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Afreximbank President Receives Two Awards in the U.S.

Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), today in Washington, D.C., received the 2019 2019 Man of the Year Award from Diaspora Today magazine and the African Diaspora Distinguished Leadership Award of Prince Georges County of Maryland, United States. Presenting the two awards, Angela Alsobrooks, Prince Georges County Executive, said that they were…

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TB remains the single most lethal infectious disease globally: WHO Report

“It is extremely concerning that the World Health Organization´s (WHO) 2019 Global Tuberculosis Report confirms that tuberculosis (TB) remains the single most lethal infectious disease globally, surpassing HIV/AIDS, killing some 1.6 million people annually, and that the end of TB will remain out of reach until national leaders step up,” said Dr Paula I Fujiwara,…

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German Government Contributes towards Zimbabwe’s Education Sector

The German Government, through its development bank, KfW, today contributed €10million to the second phase of the Education Development Fund (EDF) to improve access to quality education for Zimbabwe’s children. The funds will be used to support the strengthening the resiliency of the education sector through building capacity in Disaster Risk Reduction at national, sub-national…

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Contract and commercial farmers turn to Vaya Tractor

High demand for tractors through Vaya Tractor by large commercial farmers and organizations that do contract farming has surprised the Cassava management team as the service takes off. “We thought all the demand would come from smallholder farmers, who don’t own tractors. But even large commercial farmers are coming to us enquiring for the service….

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“Local Governments at the Forefront in the Fight against Climate Change in Africa”

Conference of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA) Accra International Conference Centre, Ghana Accra, under the theme, “Towards the institutionalisation of Local Climate Action and Access to Finance,” begins today as part of the Climate Chance Summit, Africa 2019. The conference will be opened by the Hon. Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and…

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Gweru Residents Support The Suspension Of Town clerk

By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) Gweru residents are in support of the city council’s decision to suspend the Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza saying it sends the right message towards improving service delivery. Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association Director, Cornelius Selipiwe said that he applauds the move by the mayor as the town clerk was…

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Women Urged To Embrace And Utilise Provincial ICTs Centres Availed by Government

By Nyasha Mutena The Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Hon Stembiso Nyoni has urged rural women across the country to embrace and exploit ICTs centres that have been availed by the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICTs) in the provinces. In her statement on the International Day of Rural…

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Cost of Data in Zimbabwe still remains the cheapest in the region

With the internet fast becoming a part of everyday life for a large majority of Zimbabweans, data consumption has increased exponentially as almost all forms of communication are internet-based. Although price hikes have become a day to day occurrence in the country, the cost of data remains a heated debate amongst peers, with local telecom…

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Regularise artisanal mining and descend heavily on ‘MaShurugwi’ criminals: Mliswa

By Byron Mutingwende   Firebrand Member of the House of Assembly for Norton, Temba Mliswa has called for formalisation of artisanal mining and clampdown on marauding criminals going by the moniker MaShurugwi who are unleashing violence and looting minerals in his constituency.   “I have always advocated for formalisation and regularisation of small-scale and artisanal…

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Government Expects A US$12 billion Mining Industry By 2030

By Joyce Mukucha As Government focuses on mining as one of the vehicles of growth intended at transforming the Zimbabwean economy and attaining an Upper Middle-Income Economy by the year 2030, President Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the Strategic Roadmap to the Achievement of US$12 billion mining industry by 2023. This represents a 344 percent increase…

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Econet bundle price for data, SMS increase: Keeping pace with rising inflation

Leading mobile network operator, Econet Wireless has announced yet another increase in bundle prices for data and SMS with effect from 15 October 2019 in what analysts say is a move meant to keep pace with the current inflation. Dr. Prosper Chitambara, the Senior Programme Officer of the Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of…

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Sanitary wear should be affordable: YWCA

By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) A women’s rights advocacy organisation has urged the private and public institutions in the country to provide affordable sanitary wear for the girl child since the prices have gone up. The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) General Secretary Muchanyara Mukamuri said that access to sanitary wear remains a challenge to…

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Africa50 in partnership to develop Volobe Hydropower Project in Madagascar

Africa50, Colas, Jovena and SN Power signed a shareholders’ agreement last Friday to develop the Volobe hydropower plant in Madagascar.   The project entails the construction and operation of a 120 MW hydropower plant on the Ivondro river, 40 kilometers from Toamasina, to be operated under a 35-year concession. It also includes the construction of…

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DPA powers Liquid Telecom’s data centre in Midrand, South Africa

Distributed Power Africa (DPA) this week unveiled a 1.2MW solar installation at Liquid Telecom’s Campus in Midrand, South Africa – one of the renewable energy company’s largest projects to date in South Africa.   The company, which continues to expand its clean energy offer to commercial & industrial businesses across sub-Sahara Africa, also recently announced…

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Residents call for shadow census for Bulawayo

Residents from Bulawayo’s Eastern suburbs have requested organisations in Bulawayo to conduct a shadow census process to determine the actual number of people living in the city for planning purposes. Speaking at a Habakkuk Trust advocacy training workshop, residents alluded to the highly contested census results compiled by Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) in 2012…

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Gokwe District engages in devolution projects

By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) Gokwe District has started engaging in ward-based projects following the devolution funds disbursement by the government to the three local authorities. Gokwe is looking forward to construct schools and clinics as well as buying equipment needed by the local authority with the funds that they were offered by the government….

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Fix The Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL) launches global campaign urging Johnson & Johnson to reduce price of life-saving TB drug

Fix The Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL), launched a global campaign today calling on pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to lower the price of its anti-tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline to no more than R15 per day for people everywhere who need it, in order to allow scale-up of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) treatment and reduce deaths.  …

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Government To Adopt International Public Sector Accounting Standards

By Anyway Yotamu and Joyce Mukucha The Government of Zimbabwe is taking strides to adopt the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) to ensure that there is improvement of both quality and comparability of financial information reported by the public entities. The framework is also aimed at strengthening good corporate governance, accountability, transparency and decision…

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Ecobank celebrates anniversary by providing health services in Zimbabwe

As Ecobank Day was celebrated across 33 African countries in which it operates on Saturday, the Zimbabwe arm honoured the day by providing free health promotion services for Budiriro residents. This year’s edition was held under the theme “Prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in African Countries”, and was meant to draw public attention to their…

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Facebook Third-Party Fact-Checking in 10 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Joining third-party fact-checking programmes in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Senegal, Facebook (https://www.Facebook.com/) today announced the expansion of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme to 10 additional African countries. In partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP), the France 24 Observers, Pesa Check and Dubawa, this programme forms part of its work in helping assess the accuracy and…

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