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Successful innovations at the 6th edition of the African Football Night in Lomé

While remaining a key prestigious event, the African Football Night also becomes a platform engaging the sports community and public and private decision-makers to develop the African sport economy As a conclusion to 6th edition of The African Football Night, Foot Media Events (https://FootMediaEvent.com) and the Organizing Committee released the key facts and figures of the event…

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Accompany Market Opening with Industrialisation and Capacity Building: Afreximbank Rep

Efforts to achieve market opening should be accompanied with industrialisation and capacity building initiatives to help African countries produce value-added goods, Kanayo Awani, Managing Director of the Intra-African Trade Initiative at the African Export-Import (bank (Afreximbank), has said.   In a keynote address during the opening of the Trade with Africa (TWA) Business Summit in…

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WWE® goes all day, every day on new DStv pop-up channel!

Pop-Up Channel to be available on DStv Premium, Compact+ & Compact packages until December WWE fans in Zimbabwe can enjoy even more family-friendly action and entertainment from their favourite WWE Superstars like Roman Reigns™, Seth Rollins™ and Becky Lynch™ with the launch of a WWE pop-up channel on DStv channel 128 on Thursday, August 1. The new pop-up channel…

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ZCTU on 2019 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review and Supplementary Budget Statement

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has said it is seriously concerned with the negative effect of the 2019 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review and Supplementary Budget Statement presented by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube on 1 August 2019. The union said the supplementary budget, instead of giving hard pressed Zimbabweans some room…

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A food systems approach or bio fortification – which is more relevant?

By Charles Dhewa At a time communities in developing countries are diversifying their food systems in order to cope with climate change, isn’t a narrow approach like bio-fortification counter-productive? Could this be yet another example of interventions that are influenced by funders and their collaborators? In several African countries including Zimbabwe, both urban and rural…

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MSF’s ‘Access Campaign’ marks 20 years of work to secure medical innovation and access to affordable medicines

The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) this year marks the 20th anniversary of founding its ‘Access Campaign,’ which has been working to secure access to affordable medicines, diagnostics and vaccines, including promoting their research and development, for people in MSF’s care and beyond. Marking this milestone provides an opportunity to reflect on…

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ZESN Statement on recent by-elections

As part of its comprehensive efforts to observe the Lupane East Constituency National Assembly, Nkayi Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 23 and Bubi RDC Ward 22 by-elections,  for the Lupane East constituency by-election, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) deployed 14 long-term observers who also observed at the ward collation centre on Election Day and…

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ZLHR, Community Water Alliance concerned over typhoid outbreak

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Community Water Alliance (CWA) have expressed great concern over recent reports of an outbreak of typhoid in some parts of Harare’s high-density suburbs. According to media reports and monitoring reports by CWA’s health monitors, typhoid cases have been recently recorded in some of Harare’s high-density suburbs. More…

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PAP Committee on Cooperation heads to Egypt for August Sittings

Peace and Security status on the continent will take centre stage in Egypt when the Committee on Cooperation, International Relations and Conflict Resolutions meets in Cairo as part of the August Sittings of the Permanent Committees of the 5th Parliament of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), from 02 to 10 August 2019. Hosted by the Egyptian…

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AGCO Invests in Future Farm Training Facility in Zambia

The second phase of the Future farm will also include upgrades to the existing road and farm infrastructure and digitizing the mechanisation and agronomy training material AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE:AGCO) (www.AGCOCorp.com), has revealed plans for further development of the Future Farm project in Zambia. This was announced on 31 July, 2019, at the 150ha…

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Veld fires destroying biodiversity, human lives

By Joyce Mukucha The Ministry of Tourism, Hospitality and Industry in conjunction with the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and other stakeholders urged Hurungwe residents to desist from causing veld fires. It has been observed that in Zimbabwe, the Hurungwe area has the highest rate of triggering veld fires. According to statistics, 122 people in this…

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Cassava International launches convenient, all-in-one SASAI App in Zimbabwe

Integrated App offers unique Pay, Chat and Explore features Cassava Fintech International (CFI), in partnership with its local subsidiary Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, and with Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, have launched SASAI, an integrated social payments platform that combines Payments, Chat and Entertainment services on one single App. “We are excited to bring to the Zimbabwean market…

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Old Mutual launches the Value Creation Challenge

Old Mutual, Zimbabwe’s leading financial services provider in partnership with British Council launched the Value Creation challenge on 1st August 2019 at Three Anchor House in Harare. The Value Creation Challenge is a nationwide competition aimed at supporting ideas that provide innovative and sustainable solutions to socio-economic challenges. Speaking at the launch dubbed “Eight2Five Value…

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Zimbabwe: One year on, no justice for those killed by soldiers in post-election demonstrations

One year on, the soldiers who opened fire on protesters in the aftermath of the general elections, killing at least six of them and causing injuries to scores more, have still not been held accountable for their actions, Amnesty International said today. The army, which was illegally deployed, used live ammunition to disperse protests in…

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Multi-pronged approach imperative for Climate Change Funding

Financing from the government, private sector and development partners is an imperative to climate change mitigation, delegates at the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMES) workshop in Harare were told. The Workshop is a follow-up to another one that focused on issues related to climate change that was meant to facilitate knowledge generation…

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Be calm as government works to improve economy: SB Moyo

By Tatenda Mujeyi The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Retired Lieutenant General Dr. Sibusiso Moyo has called for calmness and appraisal of government efforts to address economic challenges at an exporters’ breakfast workshop held in Harare. The minister’s remarks came following mutually shared calls by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), the Zimbabwe…

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ZACRAS welcomes the appointment of a Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe Board

The Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) has welcomed the appointment of a Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe Board to regulate Zimbabwe’s broadcasting sector. ZACRAS cited separate statements published in the evening of the 31st of July 2019 on the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services official Twitter handle where the public was advised…

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ZUNDAF registers significant progress despite economic challenges

By Byron Mutingwende   The Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF) has recorded significant progress regardless of the current economic challenges, which have been exacerbated by climate change effects, Dr. Misheck Sibanda, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet has said.   In a speech read on his behalf at the High Level…

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COMESA converges for Emission Reduction Training Workshop

By Tatenda Mujeyi The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) country representatives are converged for a training workshop on country tracking compliance on the Paris Agreement by 2020. The workshop is aimed at creating locally designed solutions to the climate change issues as called for by the Paris agreement of 2015. “The Nationally…

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How do we liberate agriculture and development from academic preferences?

By Charles Dhewa Between key informants and literature reviews, which are the most reliable sources of knowledge in developing countries? There is an unfortunate tendency to under-value information and knowledge from key informants like farmers who are coping with climate change. Traders who have seen the informal market surviving several droughts and food processors who…

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Beijing Treaty on Audio Visual Performances Ratified

By Tatenda Mujeyi Cabinet ratified the Beijing Treaty on Audio and Visual performances in a development that will ensure that artists will benefit from their work. “Cabinet considered and approved the Ratification of the Beijing Treaty on Audio Visual Performances which was presented by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs,” the Chairperson of…

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Africa: Irrigation Earns Flood-Prone Farmers U.S.$4,344 a Hectare

By Francis Kokutse Interventions such as supplementary irrigation could make the growing of a mixture of crops in soils left behind by floods improve smallholders’ incomes, food security and livelihoods, a study says. According to researchers, several African communities in areas prone to floods grow crops in soils left behind by floods – a practice called flood…

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AfCFTA – Stakeholders Seek Massive Investment in Agric Sector

Hamid Ayodeji with agency report Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have said the recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA) by President Muhammadu Buhari calls for urgent and massive investment in the sector. They emphasised that massive and unprecedented investment in the sector would boost domestic consumption, rural infrastructural development and export…

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Energy challenges persist despite government efforts towards restoring sanity

The Ministry of Energy and Power Development and the subsequent State Owned Enterprises in the energy sector have assured the nation that they are working tirelessly to address challenges that affect the reliability and security of energy supply. This was revealed by Magna Mudzingwa, the Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development at the Zimbabwe…

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Drop charges against Arterial Network members: Zimbabwean authorities told

Artwatch Africa has called on Zimbabwean authorities to drop charges against Arterial Network Chairperson and three others harassed over a new film “The Lord of Kush.” Theatre in the Park, (TITP) a popular creative space in Harare operated by Arterial Network Chairperson Daves Guzha, was invaded on Saturday 27 July 2018, by Zimbabwean police officers. During…

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IRI/NDI Assess Zimbabwe’s Electoral Reform Process

The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) fielded a three-person delegation to Zimbabwe to provide an impartial assessment of the status of Zimbabwe’s electoral reform agenda at approximately one year following the country’s 2018 “harmonised” elections. The delegation met with a variety of stakeholders to monitor and benchmark progress achieved since…

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