Allow Zimbabweans to Trade in Gold, Diamonds and other Minerals

Lets empower the people of Zimbabwe and allow them to trade in gold and diamond. I have travelled throughout Zimbabwe, and some of my family members are geologists and miners.I have seen some of them either buying from small-scale miners or simply delivering their minerals to Fidelity Printers.Statistically the small to medium miners are the…

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Three Independent Power Producers Scramble for Solar Power Plants

Three independent power producers have applied to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) for licences to establish solar power plants that will add about 100MW to the national grid. The three include Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited, which seeks to establish a 1MW photovoltaic rooftop power plant at its premises in Harare; Lumigar Solar (Private) Limited that…

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Google Opens Artificial Intelligence Centre in Ghana

Google has opened an Artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory in Accra, Ghana – the first of its kind on African soil. The new lab will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to develop solutions in healthcare, education and agriculture and according Moustapha Cisse, who will head the centre says Artificial Intelligence could improve lives and reduce inequalities….

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Liquid Telecom Partners Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Innovation Challenge

Liquid Telecom will serve as Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) outreach partner for Africa in this year’s edition of the inclusive innovation challenge (IIC). Through the partnership, Liquid Telecom will be encouraging African-based start-ups, innovators and technology companies to take part in various challenges. The 2019 IIC has four categories; technology access, financial inclusion, skills…

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“Our Perfect Wedding” Premiers on DSTV’s Zambezi Magic

One of biggest television events to date in Zimbabwe takes place this month (April) with the launch of Our Perfect Wedding Zimbabwe, the first local version of this internationally-successful reality television series.  Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the show would launch on Zambezi Magic(channel 162) at 9.30pm on Thursday April 18,…

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Econet pilots mobile games with 100 000 select customers

Econet Wireless has started piloting mobile games on 100 000 randomly selected customers, ahead of full commercial launch at the end of the month. The pilot follows the successful launch of Elevate Gaming, unveiled at the inaugural Elevate Gaming Tournament two weeks back. “We are pleased to announce this new phase in our rollout of…

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Analysis of the Education Amendment Bill

By Veritas The Education Amendment Bill The parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education is currently holding public hearings on the Education Amendment Bill, which was published earlier this year. In this Bill Watch Veritas analyses the Bill in order to assist the Committee and interested parties debate it at the public hearings. Education…

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Business ethics orientation wins customers

By Lovemore Chazingwa KADOMA – A robust initiative unpacking soft skills for ethically proper business management, leadership and customer retention is the engine revIving sustainable businesses, a workshop on customer orientation techniques has revealed.    Floating on the apt theme ‘Sustaining Businesses through Customer Orientation’, the workshop headlined by Premium Business Network International (PBNI) Founder…

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Cyclone-affected communities in Zimbabwe being vaccinated against cholera

Campaign targets nearly 500,000 people in Chimanimani and Chipinge An oral cholera vaccine (OCV) campaign targeting some 487,825 people began Tuesday in Zimbabwe in the two districts most affected by Cyclone Idai.  During the campaign all residents of Chimanimani and Chipinge districts aged 12 months and older will receive the vaccine to protect them against cholera….

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NAYO appalled by shrinking civic space

The National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO) has said it is perturbed by the continued crackdown on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs); Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Journalists,  activists and human rights defenders; most of whom are youth.  “The crackdown has seen unlawful suspension of NGOs as in the case of COTRAD in Masvingo; targeting of NGO leaders…

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“Afreximbank Creating Digital Ecosystem to Ease Trade Finance Flows,” Says President

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is working, with the support of African Union (AU), to create a digital ecosystem that will eliminate the major bottlenecks to trade finance flows within Africa, Bank President Prof. Benedict Oramah has announced in Washington D.C. Delivering an address on 11 April at the IGD Frontier 100 Forum organized by the Initiative…

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Hospital conducts post-mortem examination after ZLHR intervention

An independent pathologist on Friday 12 April 2019 conducted a post-mortem examination on the body of Witness Mashereni, who died last month under mysterious circumstances after his family’s lawyers successfully petitioned the High Court to be granted access to conduct the autopsy to ascertain the cause of death. Witness’s father Christopher Mashereni, engaged the services…

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Zimbabwe leads African Tourism Organisation formulation at the AU STC TTIET in Egypt

Zimbabwe, led by the Honourable Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry is part of the 38 countries participating at the Second Ordinary Session of the Africa Union Specialised Technical Committee on Transport; Transcontinental and Inter-Regional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism, currently being held in Cairo, Egypt from 14-18 April 2019.  The session, running under the…

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How people’s markets value satisfaction more than colonial measurements

By Charles Dhewa The formal education system in developing countries has not taken time to explain and justify colonial measurements that continue to be used in attaching value to agricultural commodities. Consequently, smallholder farmers wonder why some commodities are measured in kilograms and liters.  In the absence of meaningful explanations, consumers and farmers surmise that…

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Richest Traditional Healer Sekuru Banda on tour of global herbal therapy conferences

By Byron Mutingwende Sekuru Banda is the African representative who is overseas to attend a line-up of conferences on herbal therapy on the continents of Europe, Asia and South America. The conferences will focus on Chinese, African, European and American medicine with particular interest in herbal therapy. Sekuru Banda is well known for practising magic…

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Prosecutor General fails in attempt to nail Genius

By Courts correspondent Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi’s appeal against flamboyant Harare business Genius Kadungure’s acquittal on charges of fraud recently fell by the wayside after the top prosecutor’s application seeking leave to appeal was dismissed by the High Court. Kadungure was last year charged alongside Wicknell Chivayo on two counts of fraud but the later…

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IMF SMP – an abortive entry point for full support of the regime

By Jacob Mafume (MDC Spokesperson) The proposed International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Monitored Program is an entry point for full support of the regime and it ignores the factors arresting the Zimbabwean economy. Zimbabwe has had a stolen election; it was disputed by most players including the biggest political party, the MDC.  More importantly, the…

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Registration Opens for 2019 Certificate of Finance in International Trade Programme

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the FCI+IFG Union and the University of Malta today in Cairo announced the opening of registrations for the 2019 cohort of the Certificate of Finance in International Trade (COFIT). Stephen Kauma, Afreximbank’s Director and Global Head of the Human Resources Department, said that COFIT 2019, which is open to banking…

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No fair prices for medicine without access and transparency

No fair prices for medicine without access and transparency

Statement from 64 civil society organisations and coalitions ahead of the second meeting of the Fair Pricing Forum, hosted by the World Health Organization and South African government April 11-13th in Johannesburg. The Fair Pricing Forum will ask what is a fair price for a medicine? We accept that different stakeholders will have different understandings…

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Balearic Islands Poised to Become First Tourism Destination Developed under 2030 Agenda

Deploying new resources and actions for the progressive adaptation of the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera) to the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, is one of the main objectives of the agreement signed between the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the IMPULSA BALEARS Foundation. Its aim is to jumpstart the process of the strategic…

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Biti’s lawyer, aides plead not guilty to border jumping charges

A lawyer and some aides for tormented opposition party leader and human rights lawyer Tendai Biti on Wednesday 10 April 2019 pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the country’s immigration laws when their trial commenced before Karoi Provincial Magistrate Sam Chitumwa. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human rights (ZLHR) reported that Hon. Biti’s lawyer Nqobizitha…

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AfDB President makes strong case for increased U.S. investment in Africa

AfDB President makes strong case for increased U.S. investment in Africa

Sharing his vision on the leading role of the African Development Bank, Adesina urged American businesses to engage more with the continent Speaking at a high-level dialogue in Washington D.C. on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring meetings, the President of the African Development Bank (http://www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi Adesina, said “It is time to turn around the declining investments…

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30 African creatives selected to compete at the DLA Online Pitch Competition

The Digital Lab Africa (DLA) call for projects #3 closed on the 31st of January 2019 with around 500 entries from over 30 Sub-Saharan African countries. The DLA digital content industry experts have chosenthe 30 finalists who will compete in the DLA online pitch competition. The startups, entrepreneurs and creators are all from the African…

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Unpacking the Green Innovation Hub with Mr Cloffas Nyagumbo

Unpacking the Green Innovation Hub with Mr Cloffas Nyagumbo

By Byron Mutingwende Mr Cloffas Nyagumbo, the Green Innovation Hub (GiHub) Project Manager and Deputy Country Director of SNV Zimbabwe had a one-on-one meeting with Spiked Online Media wherein he laid out the advantages of the initiative to the youths and the economy. He said the GiHub seeks to address challenges around youth unemployment, climate…

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Econet unveils the largest industrial solar plant in Zimbabwe

Econet unveils the largest industrial solar plant in Zimbabwe

Econet Wireless has commissioned a 466KW solar power plant at its Willowvale industrial complex in Harare, the largest commercial and industrial carport and roof mount installation of its kind to be deployed in the country.  The solar plant was engineered and designed by Distributed Power Africa (DPA), Econet’s solar business in line with the company’s…

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UN Refugee Agency ratchets up relief airlift for Cyclone Idai

UN Refugee Agency ratchets up relief airlift for Cyclone Idai

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) airlifted supplies for refugees affected by Cyclone Idai. The consignment, which arrived yesterday at Robert Mugabe International Airport yesterday evening, follows on the first consignment of emergency relief earmarked for Zimbabweans, which arrived on March 31. The supplies from the first consignment have been distributed in Chipinge…

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NTDA, Tehillar Network engages members on professionalising transport sector

NTDA, Tehillar Network engages members on professionalising transport sector

The National Transport Drivers’ Association has earmarked a familiarisation and interactive meeting with Mr. Oliver Chidawu, the Minister of Harare Metropolitan Province. Mrs Jotina Matanhire, the President of NTDA encouraged members of her organisation based in Harare to inculcate the culture and moral template of being law-abiding citizens with special focus on the commuting public…

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ZIFFT launches "Narratives from Zimbabwe" Project

ZIFFT launches “Narratives from Zimbabwe” Project

The Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust (ZIFFT) has launched its ‘Narratives from Zimbabwe’ project to enhance Zimbabwe’s history and culture knowledge base, by recording on film Zimbabwe’s history, culture, and social foundation. Zimbabwe has a strong heritage that is being lost because we have tended to rely on oral and unrecorded transmission, thus putting…

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