BY NATHAN GUMA WHEN Justice Mukaro, a Harare-based techpreneur, started his first startup, iSearch, aimed at the trade of stolen smartphones in Africa, he hoped it would be a massive idea that would improve the continent’s technological landscape. This was to be done through an AI-based tracking platform, tracking both the phone and the people…
How Dr. Gilbert Tarugarira is promoting peace education through US-Zimbabwe collaborations BY NATHAN GUMA WHEN Dr Gilbert Tarugarira joined Midlands State University (MSU) as a lecturer in the Department of History and Development Studies, he was determined to find ways of promoting peace. One of his main goals was to incorporate peace education, which, instead…
BY NATHAN GUMA THE 2026 U.S.-Africa Business Summit, one of the largest platforms for trade and investment engagement between Africa and the United States, has been postponed due to concerns over the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa. This comes at a time when more than 2,500 participants, including African Heads of State, government ministers,…
BY NATHAN GUMA WHEN the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, it marked the birth of the United States of America. Drafted principally by Thomas Jefferson and shaped by fellow founding fathers, including John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration laid the foundation for the country’s democratic ideals and national…
BY NATHAN GUMA WHEN Justice Mukaro, a Harare-based techpreneur, started his first startup, iSearch, aimed at the trade of stolen smartphones in Africa, he hoped it would be a massive idea that would improve the continent’s technological landscape. This was to be done through an AI-based tracking platform, tracking both the phone and the people…
How Dr. Gilbert Tarugarira is promoting peace education through US-Zimbabwe collaborations BY NATHAN GUMA WHEN Dr Gilbert Tarugarira joined Midlands State University (MSU) as a lecturer in the Department of History and Development Studies, he was determined to find ways of promoting peace. One of his main goals was to incorporate peace education, which, instead…
BY NATHAN GUMA THE 2026 U.S.-Africa Business Summit, one of the largest platforms for trade and investment engagement between Africa and the United States, has been postponed due to concerns over the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa. This comes at a time when more than 2,500 participants, including African Heads of State, government ministers,…
BY NATHAN GUMA WHEN the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, it marked the birth of the United States of America. Drafted principally by Thomas Jefferson and shaped by fellow founding fathers, including John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration laid the foundation for the country’s democratic ideals and national…
BY OWEN GAGARE JOURNALIST Blessed Mhlanga (pictured) knew he was in for a tough time when he was arrested on 24 February, 2025 and later charged with transmitting information that incites violence or causes damage to property under Section 164 of Zimbabwe’s Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, but he had no idea of the…
DATA trends on Zimbabwe’s electricity generation show that hydropower and coal have remained the country’s dominant energy sources over the past two decades, although hydropower has accounted for the larger share during most years. Figures from Our World in Data indicate that between 2000 and 2024, electricity production fluctuated significantly between the two sources, reflecting…
Zimbabwean and regional artists set to benefit from Canal+’s acquisition of the MultiChoice Group BY NATHAN GUMA French Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Paul-Bertrand Barets, says Zimbabwean and regional artists are set to benefit from his country’s multimedia group Canal+’s acquisition of South Africa-based MultiChoice Group through the creation of local content. This comes at a time…
NEW data by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) shows that Zimbabwe’s telecommunications landscape has undergone a structural shift over the past two decades, with mobile technology rapidly displacing a historically limited fixed-line network. Data tracking phone subscriptions per 100 people from 1900 to 2023 shows that landline penetration remained consistently low for decades, never expanding…
GLOBAL progress in reaching zero-dose children, those who have not received a first dose of a DTP-containing vaccine, improved steadily for nearly two decades before reversing sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic. This highlights the impact of emergencies on health systems. Data shows that in 2000, there were about 22.3 million zero-dose children worldwide, a number…
ZIMBABWE’S internet use has grown from almost nothing in the early 1990s to a significant part of daily life today, but the share of the population using the internet remained below 50% in 2024, according to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) data published via the World Bank. The data shows that in 1990, internet penetration in…
