Humanitarian aid: €7 million for disaster preparedness in Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region

As natural disasters threaten the most vulnerable people in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region, the EU is providing €7 million in humanitarian aid to increase the capacity of communities and authorities to prepare for and respond to disasters. This aid is in addition to the approximately €17 million in EU humanitarian assistance given…

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Kenya Airways Selects GE Aviation for Digital Flight Operations

Kenya Airways adds to the 15,468 aircraft with GE Aviation’s digital solutions Maximizing Airline Efficiency with the Most Accurate Data and Analytics; Kenya Airways (www.Kenya-Airways.com) adds to the 15,468 aircraft with GE Aviation’s (www.GEAviation.com) digital solutions. Kenya Airways has selected GE Aviation for the Flight Operations suite of digital products across the airline’s fleet of…

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Africa’s Small-Scale Fisheries Critical to Food Security

Fish accounts for more than one-fifth of the protein intake of African south of the Sahara and provides a livelihood to millions of people Africa’s small-scale fisheries play a critical role in global food security and must be supported with greater research and investment, say international and African experts. Industry, NGO, government and academic representatives…

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Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) highly vulnerable to climate change

Mauritius is one of the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS), that is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its smallness, remoteness and exposure to natural hazards.   This was revealed by Dharamraj Deenoo, the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Security, Environment and Sustainable Development in his presentation at the Vulnerability Assessment…

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Centurion CEO speaks to Chinese Oil and Gas Investors on African opportunities

Led by CEO Nj Ayuk, the team is meeting with several high-profile Chinese executives and energy companies seeking to invest in sub-Saharan Africa A team of attorneys from Centurion (https://CenturionLG.com) is in China this week to participate in the EG Ronda Licensing Roadshow being held today and tomorrow at the Kempinski Hotel Beijing. Led by…

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African Energy Chamber’s Investment Push in China is Met with Tremendous Success

This 2-day roadshow is a demonstration of what the Chamber can accomplish for African governments and private stakeholders The biggest names in the Chinese energy industry participated in the EG Ronda Licensing Round Roadshow in Beijing yesterday, hosted by the African Energy Chamber (EnergyChamber.org/). This is the first investment roadshow organised by the Chamber in…

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SADC countries present dire vulnerability assessment and analysis results: A Focus on Zimbabwe

By Byron Mutingwende   Across a number of counties in Southern Africa, vulnerability assessment and analysis results for the 2018/19 agricultural season paint a gloomy picture but with relevant interventions there is light at the end of the tunnel. This write-up will focus on Zimbabwe.   Addressing stakeholders during the Windhoek Regional Vulnerability Assessment and…

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Resilience Building Programme in Zambezi valley to help community withstand shocks

ActionAid Zimbabwe (AAZ) in partnership with Zimbabwe Environment Lawyers Association (ZELA), AfroSoft Private Limited and Africa Breeders Services Total Cattle Management (ABS TCM) has launched the Second Phase of the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) Programme in the Zambezi Valley reaching 45 105 households. Phase 1 of the ZRBF Programme ran from July 2016 to May…

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Frontline AIDS welcomes Lois Chingandu as New Director of Evidence and Influence

Frontline AIDS was delighted to welcome leading Zimbabwean HIV specialist Lois Chingandu as the organisation’s new Director of Evidence and Influence.   Lois brings more than 20 years of hands-on leadership experience on HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender activism and civil society engagement to the position. In her most recent role…

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SADC Stakeholders root for strengthening the mainstreaming climate change into vulnerability assessments and analysis

Meeting to consolidate the regional food and nutrition security outlook for 2019 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis (RVAA) programme’s annual dissemination meeting has opened in Windhoek, Namibia with a call to strengthen and prioritise the mainstreaming of climate change into vulnerability assessments and analysis.   The meeting that took…

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ZTA to develop Joshua Nkomo Heritage Trails into tourism product

The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority remains committed to working with relevant partners in developing the Joshua Nkomo Heritage Trails into fully-fledge tourism product, an official has said. Speaking today at the 20th anniversary Joshua Nkomo Day Commemorations – Joshua Nkomo Legacy Walk and Umdala Wethu Dance held in Bulawayo, ZTA acting chief executive Mrs Rita Likukuma…

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Using community to combat online violence against women

By LUISA ORTIZ PÉREZ in JOURNALIST SAFETY This article, written by Luisa Ortiz Pérez, is second in a series from Chicas Poderosas (“Powerful Girls” in English), a global community that promotes female leadership and generates knowledge. Read the first article by founder Mariana Santos, and follow Chicas Poderosas on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. After writing an editorial on her experience with sexual harassment…

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Empowering communities to appreciate and conduct research

By Charles Dhewa If developing countries are going to only recognise and respect research results from formal research institutes and universities, they will continue excluding diverse voices and stifling ambition. While formal institutions in Africa are doing their thing, ordinary people in farming communities, fishing villages and informal markets are creatively shaping their own future…

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Zimnat and Sanlam assist another cyclone affected school

Zimnat has provided roofing materials for yet another school hit by Cyclone Idai, which lifted and blew away the roof of two classroom blocks at Buwu Primary School, leaving pupils having to share classrooms that still have their roofs intact. The hot seating arrangement to accommodate the pupils whose classrooms were no longer safe has…

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Big Brother Naija Returns With Exciting New Housemates And Star-Studded Performances

The live show marked the premiere of the show’s fourth edition and viewers all over the world were privy to the excitement on stage live on DStv. Speaking on the season, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu also used the platform to announce the theme for the season tagged “Pepper Dem”. Twenty-one new housemates for the season were unveiled at the launch along…

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Becoming drought resilient: Why African farmers

By Esther Ngumbi The latest UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s annual Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition Report highlighted drought as one of the key factors contributing to the continuing rise in the number of hungry people in sub-Saharan Africa. And in South Africa, the Government’s Crop Estimates Committee announced that the country would harvest 20…

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Here’s Why WhatsApp Is Banning Some Users And How To Fix The Problem

Currently some WhatsApp users are finding themselves banned from the platform…but the question is WHY? Merely because Facebook-owned messaging service is fighting to ensure that people aren’t using unauthorised apps to access it. Some third-party apps like GB WhatsApp and WhatsApp Plus add extra features to the service, but they do so without any permission…

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NBA and Agence Française de Développement expand Jr. NBA program in Morocco as part of Multiyear Partnership

2011 NBA Champion Ian Mahinmi Attends Jr. NBA Clinic and Unveiling of New Basketball Court in Zenata, Morocco The National Basketball Association (NBA) (https://www.NBA.com/) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France’s inclusive public development bank committed to financing and technical assistance for projects that improve the lives of people in developing and emerging economies,…

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Joshua Nkomo’s legacy lives on as Bualawayo City hosts “Umdala Wethu Dance”

By Farai Chirimumimba The late Vice-President Dr. Joshua Nkoma is being remembered, as July 1st 2019, marks 20 years since the popular national liberation hero died at a local hospital aged 82 .His death shocked the country and triggered a flood of grief. Joshua Nkomo’s family have created a foundation in his owner and on…

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Zimbabwe still hasn’t adopted UN Convention Against Torture: Why the delay?

By Veritas Introduction 26th June was  the International Day in Support of Torture Victims Yet another 26th June has come and gone without Zimbabwe having adopted the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [CAT].   Previous Government undertakings and assurances given to the UN Human Rights Committee and…

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Youths Amplify Fight for Government’s Attention

Founding President of Youth Voice Mass Movement and the Young People’s Program Zimbabwe Youth Association, Tinashe Nyagunzu has said youths remain unperturbed in their efforts to be engaged in the governance of affairs and fight against anything that is hindering the country’s progress. Addressing a press briefing, Nyagunzu lamented the lack of peace of mind…

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Standard Chartered accelerates momentum of its digital strategy across Africa

Standard Chartered announce launch of social banking solution for Africa in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and Tanzania Digital banks now available in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe as part of the Bank’s digital transformation strategy for Africa. Standard Chartered (https://www.SC.com/) today announced yet another multi-market launch of its digital bank in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe as part…

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Informal Economy Matters: An Alliance of Workers in the Informal Economy

Associations representing workers in the informal economy throughout Zimbabwe have formed an alliance under the theme “The Informal Economy Matters”. The associations under the alliance are the Bulawayo Vendors’ and Traders’ Association (BVTA); Vendors’ Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET); Women Alliance of Business Associations of Zimbabwe (WABAZ); Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA);…

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A new digital solution to waste collection sweeps across town

In recent weeks a new Econet business has “swept” the city of Harare — quite literally. Clean City is a digital platform used by private waste collection companies to collect rubbish bins from homes. It uses a franchise business model and is simply providing a digital platform that links companies that collect waste with private…

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Africa pledges to deliver Blue Economy at Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF) 2019

International and Pan-African organisations agree to collaborate on initiatives following successful ABEF2019 The prospect of a fully sustainable Blue Economy for Africa gathered significant momentum following the second Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF2019) (www.ABEF2019.com) held in Tunis on 25-26 June. Fishing, aquaculture, shipping, ports, energy and finance industries all came under the spotlight at ABEF2019,…

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Tuberculosis Review Meeting Exposes Challenges and Opportunities in Treating the Disease

By Tatenda Mujeyi The review by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child Care in Harare today explored the successes as well as challenges in better treatment of Tuberculosis. The National Tuberculosis Strategic Plan (NTSP) was launched in 2017 as a regional strategy to try and mitigate the…

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Tourists won’t be affected by currency law SI 142 of 2019: ZTA

The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has assured all visitors to Zimbabwe that the recently promulgated Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019: Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Legal Tender) Regulations, 2019 will not negatively affect the travelling public, specifically foreign visitors. The organisation said the regulations are meant for any transactions carried out within Zimbabwe, where it is now…

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Ecofarmer: Technology playing a powerful role in empowering women

Econet’s innovation, Ecofarmer, a mobile-based insurance services programme epitomises the important role that technology can play in achieving gender equality. Ecofarmer is a mobile technology solution, which delivers weather-based insurance, real-time, location-based weather information and farming tips via cellphone, that is helping producers to combat the effects of climate change. Statistics show that Zimbabwe is…

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Socioeconomic Implications of the Monetary Policy Measures – Statutory Instrument (SI) 142/2019

By ZIMCODD On 24 June 2019, the government abolished the 10-year-old multi-currency regime in the country making the Zimbabwe dollar the sole legal tender. The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) bemoans the apparent policy inconsistency and premature knee jerk reaction. The need for a local sovereign currency is not disputed, however the government…

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Court ends Obert Masaraure’s malicious incarceration, dismisses Mutasa and Mawarire’s challenge of delay of subversion trial

By Kumbirai Mafunda Harare Magistrate Barbra Mateko on Tuesday 25 June 2019 dismissed the State’s bid to revoke the bail granted to Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) President Obert Masaraure and to commit him to prison for allegedly violating his bail conditions. The State had petitioned the Harare Magistrates Court seeking to revoke…

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Government, European Union, UN launch Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women, girls

The Government of Zimbabwe, the European Union and the United Nations today launched a multi-year Spotlight Initiative to assist women and girls realise their full potential in a violence-free, gender-responsive and inclusive Zimbabwe. Delivering a keynote at the launch, President Mnangagwa in a statement read on his behalf by Hon. Minister Prof. A Murwira said,…

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Zimnat and Sanlam continue to assist cyclone victims

Zimnat, together with Sanlam, with which Zimnat is associated, last week donated roofing materials to yet another Chimanimani school affected by Cyclone Idai, Muchadziya Primary School in Ngorima. This follows a similar donation to Gatsi Primary School in Tamba village in Mutasa District barely a week earlier. The cyclone lifted the roof off a classroom…

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AfDB approves USD 24.7 million for Water and Sanitation Development in South Sudan

The Strategic Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project will support the rehabilitation of approximately 50km of the Juba town distribution network and related works The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on June 20, 2019, approved a proposal to commit $24.7 million to finance the South Sudan Strategic Water Supply and Sanitation…

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New features and unparalleled line-up to drive programme for Africa Oil Week 2019

Over 1500 delegates, including a record-breaking number of 16+ government ministers will attend the event in Cape Town As the leading event for Africa’s upstream, Africa Oil Week (Africa-OilWeek.com) is committed to staying at the cutting-edge of developments in oil and gas. Over 1500 delegates, including a record-breaking number of 16+ government ministers will attend…

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