Zimbabwe Commissions Largest Livestock Semen Processing Centre
It is the second largest facility of its kind in Southern Africa, with the capacity to process up to three million livestock semen straws annually.
Zim’s Human Development 13.2 Percent Up: Report
Zimbabwe has scored a 13.2 percent increase in overall human development through the recently launched United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2019, a report on Human Development which focuses on growing inequalities as the main development challenge to overcome has revealed. Ranked at number 150 out of
Accelerator Labs To Tackle Threats To Employment
The United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) yesterday launched an Accelerator laboratory meant to trace and analyze the impact of artificial intelligence on unemployment in the country. Speaking during the launch, Head of the Solution Mapping for the Accelarator Lab team in Zimbabwe, Sharleen Mabisa Moyo said
Sweden Allocates Additional SEK45M To Resilience Building
The Embassy of Sweden announced today SEK 45 million grant to the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) to allow the timely roll out of the Crisis Modifier. Crisis modification is used in Resilience building as a tool to implement early actions based on early warning,
Econet’s Ownai Partners UNDP & Zimbabwe Farmers Union
Econet Wireless's e-commerce startup Ownai has partnered the United Nations Development Programme and Zimbabwe Farmers Union to conduct a Farmers Market Fair to be held tomorrow on Saturday at the Harare Show Grounds in Harare. The fair is aimed at promoting linkages across agricultural value chains,
3000 Bicycles For Village Health Workers
UNICEF yesterday handed over 3000 bicycles to Village Health Workers to scale up integrated maternal, neo-natal and child healthcare at primary health facilities and community level in Zimbabwe. The bicycles, which were procured through funding from the Germany National Committee, under the theme improving maternal, new
UNDP Okays Government Takeover Of BVR Kits Procurement
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe Bishow Parajuli has refuted claims that government's takeover of BVR Kits procurement was wrong commending government for coming forward with resources and not over relying on donor support. Addressing a joint media briefing with the Chief Secretary to the President
Government Hijacks BVR Process
Government of Zimbabwe has taken over the procurement of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in a development that has will likely threaten the credibility of 2018 elections. Addressing journalists in Harare on Wednesday, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chairperson Rita Makarau
Diaspora Vote Not Our Problem: Makarau
As the country gears up for the highly anticipated 2018 elections, there is no joy for Zimbabweans in the diaspora after Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says only a constitutional amendment will guarantee their right to vote. Addressing a media engagement in the capital on Wednesday, ZEC Chairperson
Govt Should Timeously Avail Funding For Bio-Metric Voter Registration
Zimbabwe Election Support Network has called on government to avail funding to Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to conduct bio-metric polling station based voter registration ahead of the 2018 elections. Responding to a Sunday Mail story published on 15 January 2017 reporting that ZEC had acquired USD30 million for