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No compromise on sovereignty, equal status: TRNC President tells UN envoy

Writes Mehmet Kemal Firik The president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) reiterated the uncompromising position of the Turkish Cypriot side to the UN representative on Wednesday regarding sovereign equality and equal international status for official negotiations with the Greek Cypriot side in Cyprus. In a meeting held at the presidential office, Ersin…

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NetOne in 2025: The Vanguard of Zimbabwe’s Digital Revolution

As Zimbabwe stands on the threshold of a new era, 2025 is shaping up to be the year of transformation, with NetOne Pvt Ltd leading the charge. Emboldened by its unwavering commitment to innovation, inclusivity, and excellence, NetOne is poised to redefine the nation’s digital economy. With bold ambitions, cutting-edge technology, and an unrelenting drive…

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Living Digital: Strengthening Consumer-Powered Healthcare in Zimbabwe

Population Solutions for Health There is no denying that consumers are becoming digital natives. For more than two decades Population Services International Zimbabwe (PSI), now Population Solutions for Health (PSH) has been strengthening healthcare in Zimbabwe towards a new future. PSH with support from PSI Digital Health Monitoring Team, recognize that consumers continue to evolve…

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Innovation and resilience common themes amongst winners of African Banker Awards 2021

Standard Bank Group, Africa’s biggest bank, rewarded for its COVID-related and women empowerment programmes.  Access Bank’s Herbert Wigwe wins Banker of the year for the second consecutive year. Innovation and resilience featured highly in this year’s entries. Organisers highlighted that economic recovery will only happen with greater equity investments on the continent. African Banker Icon…

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Mnangagwa’s inauguration: Amnesty International calls for peaceful post-election environment

Responding to the inauguration of Emmerson Mnangagwa for his second term as President amid a political climate of fear and reports of multiple human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests, abductions, and torture of opposition party activists, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said: “President Mnangagwa’s inauguration for his second term as President…

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Nkayi-based women launch debut book “Aluba Ngangisazi: Had I Known”

Writes Chimeno Azriel Four Nkayi-based women defied the odds when they launched their debut anthology book entitled “Aluba Ngangisazi: Had I Known” at a colourful ceremony held in the rural town last weekend. The women are a living testimony to the world that the background or location of a person can not hinder the talent…

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Crisis Coalition concerned over the continued clampdown on civil society actors

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has noted with concern the latest unfounded and misleading claims by the government mouthpiece [The Herald] that some foreign embassies are training civil society activists to engage in anti-government protests. The coalition said the story appeared in the Herald of 9 December 2021. Crisis Coalition said the false accusations are meant…

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LitFest International Literature Festival is here

The LitFest International Literature Festival is set to roar this week. The festival will run in Harare from 23 to 26 November, followed by outreach workshops in Gweru on 28 November, and Bulawayo on 30 November. The LitFest festival will feature panel discussion sessions, dialogues, and performances that include poetry, theatre and music. As a…

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Calls for amendment of Seed Act get louder

By Tafadzwa Muranganwa There are calls to amend the Seeds Act to promote community seed systems that are resilient to climate change. This was heard recently at an agroecology media training organised by Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Zimbabwe, recently. A community seed company, Champion Farmer Seeds, has revealed that there are many hurdles…

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Chinese researchers find new gene enhancing wheat yields in saline soil

Chinese researchers have decoded a novel salt-tolerance gene in wheat, resulting in yield increases of 5 percent to 9 percent in experimental varieties grown in saline-alkali soils. The study findings have been published in the journal Nature Genetics. Wang Meng, corresponding author of the study, from the Institute of Soil Science (ISS), Chinese Academy of…

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Mukuru appoints UFC Fighter Themba Gorimbo as Brand Ambassador

A business deeply rooted in serving its customers, Mukuru has partnered with Gorimbo on his journey of progress as he continues to positively contribute to the well-being of his community Mukuru (https://www.Mukuru.com), a leading next-generation financial services provider for Africa’s emerging consumers, has appointed Zimbabwe-born MMA fighter Themba Gorimbo as its newest brand ambassador to…

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UNICEF, Mercy Corps partner to supply borehole water to Rusape Town Council

By Knowledge Kutadzaushe A partnership between UNICEF and Mercy Corps has come in handy to address perennial water challenges in Rusape Town Council through the provision of solar-powered boreholes. The borehole installation project is being done in Rusape Town Council as a way of stabilizing and normalising the water supply in four wards under the…

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Betty Kaseke soldiers on with community development despite damaging rumours

The philanthropy in the “Iron Lady” as Betty Kaseke has come to be known because of her ability to conquer criticism and character assassination has refused to die as she focuses on community development through the Betty Kaseke Foundation. Carrying the poise of a beauty queen that she is, Betty Kaseke yesterday through her foundation,…

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Refreshed WTM Ministerial Summit to Tackle Innovation & Technology Investment

Investment in innovation and smart management for tourism will form the major theme of the Ministerial Summit of this year’s World Travel Market, to be held in London, UK (6 November 2018). The 2018 Summit, a joint initiative of World Travel Market and the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), will debut a revamped format. This year’s…

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EcoCash reaps benefits of system upgrade as it automates key customer support services

EcoCash, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money platform, is now reaping the rewards of its core system upgrade, with the platform now able to deliver automated and significantly enhanced customer experience to its customers. Mr Eddie Chibi, the Chief Executive Officer of Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, the holding company of EcoCash, said the group was focused on enhancing…

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Senegal: Digitising payments could add FCFA 104 billion to GDP every year

By digitising 50% of all national payments, Senegal’s economic growth would increase by over FCFA 104 billion (over USD 177 million) per year After making good progress on financial inclusion (httpss://GlobalFIndex.WorldBank.org/), Senegal has turned its attention to digitizing payments in order to speed up its growth and inclusive development. By digitizing 50% of all national payments, Senegal’s…

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ZAS: President Masisi affirms need for agricultural development and food security

His Excellency Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, the President of the Republic of Botswana has reiterated the importance of agricultural development and food security on the  African continent. He made the remarks today in Harare in his keynote address during the official opening of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show where he was the Guest of Honour. “First and…

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New EMA Board Announced

By Tatenda Mujeyi The Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Senator Priscilla Mupfumira has announced a new ten-member board for the Environmental Management Agency (EMA). The announcement comes after the expiration of the previous board’s term and the current board will serve a 5-year term. The announcement followed President ED Mnangagwa’s approval and was…

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Chitungwiza residents get 2 boreholes from United Family International Church

By Joyce Mukucha and Nyasha Mutena As a way of ending water woes which have bedeviled the town of Chitungwiza for decades, the United Family Interdenominational Church(UFIC) International’s founder Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has handed over a benevolent donation of two community boreholes. Addressing residents of Unit J and several officials from the Ministry of Health…

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Agri-Food Systems: Inclusive education and skills training empower women and youth

On the 30th of October 2024, Ash-Gric held a side event at the African Union’s  20th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform (CAADP PP) and the 15th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS) under the theme “Inclusive Education & Skills Training: Empowering Youth and Women for Resilient Agri-Food Systems.”   The event…

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BARD Santner Incorporated launches TX Money Transfer platform to foster financial inclusion

BARD Santner Incorporated, a leading financial intermediary firm specialising in asset management, corporate finance, and wealth management, yesterday launched a new money remittance platform TX Money Transfer, promising a new value proposition based on “reliability, transparency, and efficiency”. TX Money Transfer says it wants to improve reliability, and transparency on charges to avoid hidden costs…

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MultiChoice Talent Factory welcomes Class of 2023: Next Generation of Storytellers

Two Zimbabweans are among the 60 students selected for the MultiChoice Talent Factory programme for 2023, both of them hoping to help boost the ranks of trained professionals in Africa’s growing world of film-making. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said Marvellous Matswimbo and  Simbarashe Nyahwa of Harare had joined 58 other students…

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Nutrition Africa Investor Forum to help raise finance for high-impact nutrition businesses in the continent

Nutrition Africa Investor Forum (NAIF) is a first-of-a-kind event, hosted by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), in partnership with Royal DSM, the SUN Business Network (SBN) and African Business magazine, that aims to position nutrition as a promising new investment area. Over 200 delegates, including dealmakers, entrepreneurs and investors will meet at the…

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POTRAZ maps strategic direction for the ICT sector

The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) is reviewing its strategic plan and formulating action plans for 2022 with Dr. Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services sharing his vision for the sector. The minister reiterated the importance of strategic planning as a prerequisite for success in any endeavour and…

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Effective Communication for Development Model Creates Conducive Environment for Women and Girls: ZiCHIRe

By Joyce Mukucha In the quest to ensure that social norms, attitudes and behaviours at societal, community, family and individual levels are transformed to eliminate violence against women and girls in Hopley, the Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Research (ZiCHIRe-BC) is facilitating a Communication for Development (C4D) model which seeks to underpin transparency and accountability, collective…

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Mnangagwa in dress rehearsal regional tour ahead of AU meeting

By Farai Chirimumimba President Emmerson Mnangagwa and team have been forced to do clean-up after ascending to power through the help of a coup and impeachment proceedings that forced Mugabe to resign November 2016. The Harare government has in recent weeks been forced to explain its legitimacy mainly stemming from a number of tweets  by…

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New Television Series, Baby Drama, Premieres on Africa Magic

Africa Magic, the continent’s leading provider of premium entertainment content, premiered a new television series, Baby Drama on Wednesday 21st April. Baby Drama revolves around the lives of five women who deal with the reality of how a baby or – lack of one – will affect their lives. The new series which airs from 22:00  on Africa…

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Mapinga Smart City to become employer hub for Zvimba residents – aspiring MP

Writes Elvis Dumba Trelawney – The multimillion-dollar mining industry to be set up in Mapinga will give way to the establishment of a new city alongside Great Dyke in Mapinga and is anticipated to become an employment hub for residents of Zvimba and the rest of Zimbabwe. This was revealed by Zvimba South Constituency ZANU…

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Seven richest Africans have more wealth than the poorest half of the continent’s population

Africa’s richest 1 percent own nearly half of the continent’s total financial wealth. A tax of up to 5 percent on Africa’s super-rich could generate an annual amount of $11.9 billion, nearly enough to pay for the 2023 humanitarian requirements for Eastern and Southern Africa Oxfam urges a new era of public action, including public…

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Zimbabwe urged to uphold human rights and respect freedom of assembly

The Heads of Mission of the Delegation of the European Union, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom and the Heads of Mission of Australia, Canada and the United States of America have urged the government of Zimbabwe to uphold human rights and respect freedom of assembly. In a joint statement,…

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Proposed changes to US Global Gag Rule threaten wider harm

Seipati Moloi (Media Liaison Co-ordinator, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Estimates put the number of unsafe abortions each year at over 25 million—97% of them in developing countries—leading to at least 22,800 deaths and millions of serious complications. The United States policy known as the Global Gag Rule has had a devastating impact on women’s access…

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ECA-supported SDG reporting in Uganda: voluntary local reviews gain traction

By Baboloki Semele The Government of Uganda has scaled up the practice of voluntary local reviews – which monitor progress made by local governments towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and is bringing their outcomes to the forefront of its national SDG reporting process. According to a media statement from Economic Commission for Africa…

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Atlantic Group announces the entry of CDG Group into its capital

CDG Invest has acquired a 20% stake through its Generation Entrepreneurs program in the capital of Atlantic Group. This strategic partnership marks a significant turning point for Atlantic Group and underscores CDG Invest’s confidence in the group’s potential to become a center of excellence in higher education in Morocco. Thanks to this partnership, Atlantic Group…

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