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Vaya Logistics set to give Cassava on Demand services a lift

Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe says its growing on-demand business is set for a boost with the coming on stream of fully-fledged logistics services. The listed tech giant’s CEO Mr Eddie Chibi said Cassava On Demand, which over the past six months has been offering Vaya Mobility services, had started rolling out Vaya Logistics services in earnest,…

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All set for David Mascott Sports and Wellness Day

By Byron Mutingwende Sports and wellness are key ingredients for fitness and wellbeing and in that regard, all roads lead to David Mascott Country School for this noble initiative on Saturday 29 June 2019. Mrs. Gertrude Mandizvidza, the proprietor of David Mascott Country School and Good Care Pre School said the wellness of pupils and…

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Distributed Power Africa in partnership with EDF to deploy hybrid energy in Africa

By Spiked Correspondent Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Global, and EDF (Électicité De France) a world leading electricity company, have signed partnership cooperation agreement to jointly develop Commercial and Industrial (C&I) and hybrid energy solutions to the African market.  The collaboration is expected to focus on the development of distributed-energy solutions…

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To sell or not: decision-making challenges in unstable economic environments

By Charles Dhewa A majority of African farmers tend to make decisions based on their experiences, expectations and fears, especially in an unstable economic environment and changing climate. At the beginning of each  marketing season, a question in every farmer’s head is “Should I sell now or later?”  Since the future is unpredictable from both…

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Chinese Embassy offers Cultural Exchange Programme

By Tatenda Mujeyi  The Chinese Embassy to Zimbabwe on Friday showcased a series of arts performances from the Nanjing Province as part of strengthening the Cultural tide that comes with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. “As we know, China and Zimbabwe are good friends and partners, and we enjoy a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation. Cultural…

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Chinese tourists expedition promises bigger visitations in future

A delegation of 343 tourists from China who have keen interests in exploring strategic alliances and business opportunities made their last stop at Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe’s most popular tourist destination located in the north-western corner of the country.  The delegation’s visit to one of the natural wonders of the world  included a boat cruise…

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Econet’s Buddie Beatz music app excites the market

Buddie Beatz, the music app from Econet Wireless, continues to excite the market following its recent launch and its award-winning experiential exhibition at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). “The interest has been phenomenal since, thanks to our customers that have taken this product to heart, and to the music artists who have been amazing,”…

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A Geological Perspective On Regenerative Agriculture with David Montgomery

By John Wilson of Food Matters Zimbabwe Fame Here’s a 50-minute podcast interview with David Montgomery, a guitar-playing (belongs to two bands) Professor of Geomorphology at the University of Washington who has written books on Regenerative Agriculture. I sent out quotes from one of his books last weekend. I found the whole interview interesting, but the…

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Legislators sue Minister, ZRP over Parliament fracas

By ZLHR Information Department Three opposition political party legislators have slapped government with a lawsuit demanding more than $20 000 as compensation for violation of their fundamental rights when some law enforcement agents assaulted them in Parliament in November 2018. The three opposition MDC party legislators namely Hon. Lynette Karenyi (Proportional Representation), Hon. Thabitha Khumalo…

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Qualifiers for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, a first for Africa!

In August 2019, Rugby Africa will host the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, a qualifying competition for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, which will take place in New Zealand in 2021 Together with their partner Société Générale, Rugby Africa’s (www.RugbyAfrique.com) official bank, and with the support of World Rugby, Rugby Africa will…

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Merck Foundation marks “World Hypertension Day 2019”

Merck Foundation has been providing One Year Diploma in Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine and Diabetes to young doctors from more than 40 African and Asian countries Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marked‘World Hypertension Day 2019’ by building hypertension care capacity in Africa and Asia through their nationwide programs. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO…

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Bottlenecks hindering Zimbabwe-China Business partnerships

By Tatenda Mujeyi The Zimbabwe-China relations are marred by small bottlenecks that hinder the potential for both countries to fully engage, Mr Guo Shaochu the Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe has said. The Ambassador was addressing the Zimbabwe-China Business Forum held at Meikles Hotel in Harare yesterday in a partnership between the Zimbabwe government, Zimbabwe Tourism…

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Zimbabwe is a safe, secure tourism and investment destination: VP Mohadi

A robust image for destination Zimbabwe will increase international tourists, exports and foreign direct investments (FDI) and enhance growth of the national economy and in turn create jobs, Vice President Kembo Mohadi has said. In his keynote address at the Zimbabwe China Business Forum yesterday in Harare, VP Mohadi, said Zimbabwe was endowed with unique…

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President Mnangagwa welcomes 343 Chinese Tourists in style

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is confident the high level delegation visit of 343 tourists from China will help boost Zimbabwe’s tourist arrivals while also expanding and diversifying the country’s tourism source markets.  The tourists from China are the first batch of at least 10 000 tourists from the East Asian country expected to visit Zimbabwe in…

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Econet launches all-new YoMix app with exciting new features, improved functionality

Econet Wireless has launched an all-new YoMix app, with a fresh, sleek interface and a revamped menu, laden with several new functions. The app retains its hallmark functionalities of creating personalized bundles of voice, data, SMS & Value Added Services, offering discounted YoMix bundle combinations, and the option to buy bundles for friends and loved…

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Africa50 launches its Innovation Challenge to help increase access to internet in Africa

Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, launched the first edition of its Innovation Challenge at the 2019 Transform Africa Summit holding in Kigali from 14 to 17 May. Through this initiative, Africa50 will crowdsource innovative solutions to help increase access to high-speed internet in under-served areas in Africa. The call is open for ICT developers,…

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Zimbabwe Climate Change Framework Bill put under scrutiny

By Byron Mutingwende As climate change becomes the biggest threat to humankind and the global economy, stakeholders have put the Zimbabwe Climate Change Framework Bill under scrutiny. The Parliament of Zimbabwe, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in partnership with the Climate Change Management Department of the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement held…

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PBNI launches Chegutu branch

Springboard platform  for Chegutu Businesses By Lovemore Chazingwa (Business Correspondent) CHEGUTU – Markets and products convergence platform, Premium Business Network International (PBNI) has set its sights on the mining and farming town of Chegutu in Mashonaland West province with a workshop for the same objective penciled for tomorrow. The growing business entity has a vision…

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‘Chaka-Chaya neEcoCash’ promotion back and bigger

The multimillion dollar ‘ChakaChaya neEcoCash’ promotion is back. Now in its third successive year, this year’s promotion is offering more prizes, including cash, houses, a Cape Town cruise, property stands, goats and cows – not to mention a trip for two to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt, which the Zimbabwe Warriors recently…

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CHRA concerned over government’s policy inconsistence on debt collectors

On May 9, 2019 the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Honorable July Moyo told Parliament that local authorities are allowed to engage debt collectors as a way of recovering debts owed by residents. According to the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), the Minister’s pronouncement reveals huge policy inconsistency on the part…

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President Nyusi to address at the EurAfrican Forum 2019 in Portugal

The EurAfrican Forum is a networking and discussion platform underpinned on the power of Diasporas for connecting people, cities, regions and continents The EurAfrican Forum (www.EurAfricanForum.org) organization announced today the presence of the President of Mozambique, His Excellency Filipe Nyusi, for an institutional speech on the first day of the event, July 4, 2019, on…

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Amazon Program Offers Employees $10K to Start Delivery Service Businesses

Amazon employees are getting an opportunity to become business owners, as the online retail giant announced earlier today that it would be expanding its Delivery Service Partner program. Created last year to encourage drivers to start their own package delivery services, the program now includes additional incentives to make the transition easier. Dave Clark, senior vice president…

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Learning journalism’s role in an era of disinformation

by KOREY MATTHEWS The challenges of mis- and disinformation in the media have emerged as primary concerns for readers and journalists alike in today’s world, but they’re still widely misunderstood by many people around the world. Organizations and fellowships have emerged in an effort to help media professionals of all levels better understand the phenomenon,…

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MSF Response to World Health Assembly Medicine Price Transparency Resolution Negotiations

Ahead of this year’s World Health Assembly (20-28 May), Member States are negotiating the text of a resolution on “Improving the transparency of markets for drugs, vaccines and other health-related technologies”. Proposed by Italy in February 2019, the resolution is now being sponsored by ten countries: Italy, Greece, Malaysia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain,…

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Devolution as a tool for promoting equitable development, poverty reduction and good governance

By ZIMCODD Devolution provides a ray of hope for the people of Hwange, Matabeleland North Province with the highest prevalence of poverty in Zimbabwe. Hwange residents expressed interest on public finance management (PFM) in the context of devolution in the country at the recently held PFM Reform Indaba in Hwange convened by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and…

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Vaya to Introduce Electric Vehicles Move to solve Fuel Problem

Econet founder and Zimbabwean billionaire Mr Strive Masiyiwa says plans are under way for their Vaya logistics division to introduce electric vehicles so as to help ease the fuel problems facing the country.  Vaya is a new innovative product under Econet subsidiary, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, which links customers in need of logistics services such as…

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NRZ celebrates Mothers’ Day in style

By Lovemore Chazingwa (Own Correspondent) BULAWAYO – Rail transport concern, National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will this weekend embark on an excursion from the country’s second largest city to the border town of Plumtree, a 200km span, in the spirit of celebrating Mother’s Day.      Mother’s day is celebrated annually on the second Sunday…

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Inaugural Harvest Zimbabwe Festival sets Harare alight

By Staff Reporter A mixed bag of Zimbabwe’s finest artists was on show at the first ever Harvest Zimbabwe Festival held recently at the Harare Gardens. The arts festival featured a varied of arts genres including traditional dance, mbira music, hip hop, theatre, dance and house music. The crowd was serenaded by breathtaking dances from…

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Cimas opens impressive clinic in Manresa for Lafarge Cement

Cimas Medical Aid Society on Friday (10 May) officially opened Manresa Clinic at Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe to cater for factory employees, their families and the surrounding community. The clinic is the medical aid society’s 12th primary healthcare clinic and the first to be opened in partnership with a company primarily for the benefit of that…

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Zimbabwean political terrain impacted by social media

By Talkmore Thulani Gandiwa Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook have transformed the way political figures interact with their constituencies. Fifteen years ago, campaigns were drastically different. Reflect back to Robert Mugabe Vs Morgan Tsvangirai election of 2002. There was hardly social media. Facebook was to be launched two years after these elections, and when it came…

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Nominees announced for this year’s African Banker Awards

Shortlist reflects diversity of high performing banks on the continent Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on the margins of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings taking place next month in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Nominees for the 2019 African Banker Awards have been announced.This year’s shortlist sees a number of new banks nominated across…

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$61.8 million boost for AfDB initiative for women entrepreneurship

Global partners announce $61.8 million allocation to boost African Development Bank initiative for women entrepreneurs “This substantial support from the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, We-Fi, will help us scale up our actions and achieve greater results for women entrepreneurs across the continent” – Vanessa Moung The Governing Committee of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)…

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Rugby Africa’s U20 Barthés Trophy final: Zambia prevails over Uganda

The third and final tournament of Rugby Africa’s U20 Barthés Trophy concludes with a first victory by Zambia over the Ugandan hosts Zambia qualifies for Pool B for the next U20 Barthés Trophy tournament For the first time Ghana, Zambia and Uganda participated in Rugby Africa’s (www.RugbyAfrique.com) Under-20 tournament, from 7th to 12th May, 2019, and competed…

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