Ethiopia recently launched its first satellite into space. The satellite which will be used for agricultural purposes was launched with the financial assistance of China at a Chinese space station. […]
On 12 November, the Ministry of Finance published a bill titled ‘Financial Adjustement Bill’ which seeks for parliament to waive off massive overspending by the government since 2015. As they […]
Impact Hub is partnering the United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement to host the Green Innovation Fair. The competition will allow […]
[Image Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region ] When geeking out over Virtual Reality, agriculture is rarely the first thing that comes to mind. One Russian […]
Much of the talk about the budget was around Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube’s announcement of setting aside resources for the launch of a space satellite. Many people blasted the government […]
Elevate Trust will be hosting the 2019 Student Startup Summit (SSuS) from the 12th-14th of December. SSuS is an annual get together for inventors and investors and this looks like […]
Last week, Econet Founder, Strive Masiyiwa left his role as chairman of AGRA, a position he had held for over 10 years. On Sunday, Mr Masiyiwa took time to list […]
Fresh In A Box (FIAB) has added some interesting functionality to their website – voice search. The new feature allows buyers to search more effectively throughout the FIAB e-commerce platform. […]
TelOne will be hosting an AgriTech Hackathon from 22-23 August, as part of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show. The hackathon will be held at TelOne’s Centre for Learning. The description of […]
Last year, we talked about Kurima Mari – a mobile application developed by Welthungerlife that allows farmers to access information and contacts needed to increase production. Judging by the 1000+ […]
The power crisis that has gripped the country since May has disrupted service provision and business with devastating effect. The ICT sector is no different, and we’ve seen telecommunications service […]
As you probably know by now -since ZESA has been crying about this a lot- the tariffs we were currently paying to get electricity are woefully below the cost at […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday announced that Econet COO Fayaz King would be the new Assistant Secretary-General to serve as the Deputy Executive Director, Field Results and Innovation for the […]
Google In Africa Recently shared a number of interesting developments they’ve made on the continent, at a recent Google For Nigeria event. From developers trained to startups assisted through Launchpad […]
Local startups face some pretty intense challenges when it comes to securing funding because venture capital is hard to come by locally. This means every time an event like Founders […]
You may know of a popular fella by the name Strive Masiyiwa, he’s done some pretty significant things in telecoms both inside and out of Zimbabwe. Recently, Mr Masiyiwa took […]
By going cashless the government was supposed to end the gruelling queues and demand for cash and make it easier to transact. What’s happened in reality isn’t that simple. Transacting […]
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube released a Progress Report where he speaks about what the government has achieved so far since they came into office in August of 2018. In the […]
Tel-One will be hosting the Tel-One DigiVAS hackathon from the 15th of March 2019 to the 24th of March 2019. The Hackathon, a first for Tel-One will be available on […]
Well, the Zimbabwean government has now been finally forced to admit what we have known all along: Bond notes are not equal to real US dollars despite what the law […]
You may be one of the subscribers that received a message from Vaya that read: Do you own a Tractor? Want to make money leasing out your excess capacity? Do […]
Malaysia has been using Blockchain Technology in three of the country’s largest industries today, namely Renewable Energy, Palm Oil Industry, and the Islamic Banking Sector. Palm oil has been in […]
So now that Ugesi Energy is official, you may have some burning questions that were not detailed in the announcements of the initiative. Here are some of the answers to […]
Deals. Deals. Deals. African tech start-ups dominated headlines for record-breaking fundraise announcements in 2018. Cellulant raised. Tizeti raised. mSurvey raised. Farmcrowdy raised. Piggybank raised. Kobo360 raised. Jumo raised. Zola Electric raised.TradeDepot raised. Africa’s Talking raised And there’s more. Recent reports estimate that tech start-ups have secured $334.5M […]
Tonight our young group of techies will get career guidance advice from Mr. Alexandre N’DJore. I personally met Alex in Capetown in November and we got to talk and spoke […]
Over the past few weeks the phrase Command Economy has found its way into every day parlance. I highly suspect people fashioned this jibe from the phrase Command Agriculture. The […]
Zimbabwe has achieved the impossible. We have figured out time travel and gone back ten years in time. Massive devaluation in monetary value, long fuel queues, inaccessible cash. This is […]
It is a great pleasure to debate the 2019 National Budget. This budget, Hon. Speaker Sir, could not have come at a time of great fragility and great vulnerability of […]
Yesterday, President Mnangagwa launched an e-learning programme that saw him unveiling 10 e-learning gadgets and equipment (e-learning kits) that were donated by a Rwandan organization called DevTech. E-learning or digital […]
Three local startups will represent Zimbabwe at the Regional Grand Finale of the Southern Africa Start-up Awards 2018 that are going to be held in South Africa later this month. […]