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Can Tech Turn the Tide on Wildlife Crime?
Hackster.io
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Wildlife crime is an existential threat to protected plant and animal species. Tigers, rhinos, elephants, and pangolins are at globally low population levels due to decades of poaching and exploitation. Less popular species like the Axolotl,...
China, Zimbabwe back youth-led rural growth
Financial Gazette
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August 19, 2025
73 Advertisements By Beaven Dhliwayo Group Features Editor China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding urged African nations to pursue homegrown models of rural development, warning that modernisation should not be mistaken for Westernisation, as he...
Zimbabwean startups join Visa's Fintech Accelerator
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 19, 2025
Zimbabwe's fintech ecosystem is gaining international recognition as two local startups, ChatCash and BigDot.ai, have been selected among 22 companies for Visa's Fourth Africa Fintech Accelerator. The 12-week virtual program brings together...
Harare paid millions on roads that don't exist
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 19, 2025
Harare faces fresh scrutiny after reports revealed that millions of US dollars were paid for the rehabilitation of 43 roads that were never constructed. A 2019 internal audit confirmed that, despite full payments, no work had been carried out on...
Zimbabwe to launch national AI strategy next month
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 19, 2025
News / National by Staff reporter 3 hrs ago | Views The inaugural Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit for Africa opened in Victoria Falls on Monday, with the government announcing that Zimbabwe's National AI Strategy will be officially launched in...
China pledges more support for Zimbabwe’s rural development
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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The ambassador highlighted China’s own experience in rural revitalisation Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zhou Ding, has reaffirmed China's commitment to supporting the country’s agricultural modernisation and rural development, pledging deeper...
Zimbabwe to launch AI policy to accelerate adoption
Zimbabwe Independent
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Information Communication Technology minister Tendai Mavetera Zimbabwe is set to launch a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy, which will help in creating a safe environment for the use and promotion of AI, Information Communication...
Jinyun's green transformation through the lens of a Zimbabwean scholar
China Daily Global
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As a scholar from Zimbabwe, a country on its own path to sustainable development, my first encounter with China's "Two Mountains Theory" was one of profound curiosity. That moment came during the 2023 China-Zimbabwe Jinyun Transcultural Dialogue...
News in depth: Zimbabweans choke under weight of worsening service delivery failures
The Standard
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This fast became a thing of the past with various excuses for faults, power shortages that forced load shedding which saw some neighbourhoods going for 18 hours without electricity. BY TAURAI MANGUDHLA POTHOLES, uncollected refuse, power cuts and...
How Africa-led clinical trials are shaping vaccine science
The Standard
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For decades, Africa's role in HIV research was framed as that of a peripheral "host, not driver". The just-concluded 2025 International Aids Society (IAS) conference in Kigali made it unmistakably clear: that era is over. African scientists are...
Muparutsa family brings big concert to Harare this week
Three Men on a Boat
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August 19, 2025
Dudu Manhenga Muparutsa and Tendai Muparutsa PICS: SuppliedOn Friday 22 August 2025 members of the renowned Muparutsa family will be live in concert at the Alliance Francaise in the capital, in an exciting collaboration welcoming the return of...
Chinese ambassador Urges Compliance with Zimbabwean Laws Amid Allegations of Abuse
Mining Zimbabwe
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August 19, 2025
Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe, H.E. Zhou Ding, has called on Chinese mining companies operating in the country to fully comply with Zimbabwean laws and environmental regulations, stressing that mutual respect is vital for the success of...
Zimbabwe urged to harness AI, digital financial services
Southern Eye
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Gloria Rumbidzai Ndoro-Mkombachoto VICTORIA FALLS, Aug. 18 (NewsDay Live) – Zimbabwe must harness digital financial services (FSPs) and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive inclusive, long-term socio-economic growth, a financial expert has said....
Harare water crisis worsens
The Zimbabwe Mail
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August 17, 2025
Residents in several parts of Harare, including Kuwadzana, have been left without clean water for over two weeks, highlighting the growing severity of the city’s water crisis. The failure of the City Council of Harare to provide essential water...
Scientists sound alarm over worsening crisis that will impact all of humanity: 'Glimpse of what the future is going to be'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 18, 2025
In the 1970s, many were worried about running out of oil. Today, people should be more concerned about running out of water. A new study warns that Earth's supply of freshwater is rapidly vanishing from our warming world. What's happening? Since...
There’s no substitute for energy development in Zimbabwe
The Standard
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Zimbabwe is blessed with abundant resources, vast sunlight, rich hydro potential, coal reserves, and even opportunities for wind and biomass generation. When I reflect on my engineering journey across Zimbabwe and beyond, one truth stands above...
Broke Mnangagwa Regime Desperate To Boost Revenue Through New Tax System…
Zim Eye
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August 19, 2025
Broke Mnangagwa Regime Desperate To Boost Revenue Through New Tax System… By A Correspondent Zimbabwe has officially launched the Tax and Revenue Management System (TaRMS), a modern platform intended to streamline tax administration and drive...
Zimbabwe's lawyer-heavy politics not good for development
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 17, 2025
Most of Zimbabwe's leading politicians are lawyers. Nelson Chamisa, Tendai Biti, David Coltart, Welshman Ncube, and even President Emmerson Mnangagwa all come from legal backgrounds. The one prominent engineer who often comes to mind in politics...
Frequently Asked Questions on the HIV vaccine clinical trial taking place in Zimbabwe
The Masvingo Mirror
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August 18, 2025
The IAVI C114 study is a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the safety and immune response of an experimental HIV vaccine, GRAdHIVNE1. 1. What is the IAVI C114 study about? The IAVI C114 study is a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the safety and...
Harare water crisis reaches alarming levels
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 17, 2025
Residents in several parts of Harare, including Kuwadzana, have been left without clean water for over two weeks, highlighting the growing severity of the city's water crisis. The failure of the City Council of Harare to provide essential water...