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Zimbabwe takes over COMESA chairmanship ... amid calls for stronger cooperation to end conflicts, dismantle trade barriers
ZIMBABWE assumes the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) chairmanship today, with President Mnangagwa taking the helm of the regional bloc amid calls for stronger cooperation to end conflicts, dismantle trade barriers and translate...
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PRESIDENT PUSHES COMESA TRADE DRIVE
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has challenged Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member States to strengthen strategic partnerships, remove barriers to regional trade and invest in value addition to drive economic growth, create jobs and...
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‘Break trade barriers’
ZIMBABWE has rallied fellow African countries within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) bloc and beyond to dismantle barriers to regional trade while building industries that turn their natural resources into finished...
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British billionaire celebrates birthday in Vic Falls
BRITISH billionaire and Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has chosen Zimbabwe to celebrate his 74th birthday, praising the country’s natural beauty, golf tourism and warm hospitality in an endorsement of its tourism offering. Sir Jim,...
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...will realise a prosperous future for the people of Zimbabwe
ZANU-PF is a futuristic party that will take the necessary steps to realise a prosperous future for the people of Zimbabwe, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the 23rd Annual National People’s Conference, held on the grounds of Chinhoyi...
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Zanu-pf conference targets defining results
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today leads the opening of the 23rd Zanu PF National People’s Conference in Chinhoyi, where the party is expected to chart a course for translating its resolutions into tangible development results. The gathering, running until...
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‘Era of resolutions without implementation has ended’
ZANU-PF First Secretary, President Mnangagwa, yesterday rallied party cadres to convert policies into delivery of services to improve the lives of ordinary people, saying the era of resolutions without implementation had ended. He said the theme of...
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‘Success is in Zanu-pf DNA’
PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA has expressed confidence that the 23rd Zanu-pf National People’s Conference, which started yesterday with the Politburo meeting, will be a huge success, just like all previous ones, as it will be executed in a way that guarantees...
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BOOST FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
THE splitting of the former Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion into two separate ministries will sharpen the Second Republic’s focus on robust macroeconomic management while accelerating investment and industrial growth,...
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ALL SYSTEMS IN PLACE
THE 23rd Zanu-pf National People’s Conference, which begins today in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West Province, should prioritise people-centred development mechanisms to advance the national interest as the country moves towards achieving Vision 2030...
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ZOU champions skills development
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 729 graduates at the Zimbabwe Open University’s 24th graduation ceremony, with the institution reaffirming its commitment to expanding access to higher education and producing skilled graduates to drive the...
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TAGWIREI APPOINTED MINISTER
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday appointed businessman and Senator Kudakwashe Tagwirei as Minister of Economic Development and Investment Promotion, while Professor Mthuli Ncube was reassigned as Minister of Finance. The appointment and reassignment are...
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Rail solution for Manhize project
LOCAL logistics firm Grand Rail Solutions is set to buy 1 160 wagons and locomotives to transport 1,7 million tonnes of raw materials, mainly coal and finished steel products, to and from the Manhize steel plant in Mvuma. This follows a Strategic...
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President declares Masvingo hailstorm State of Disaster
THE Government has completed preliminary on-site investigations into the fatal helicopter crash that claimed the lives of businessman Mr Wicknell Chivhayo, his wife Mrs Lucy Muteke-chivayo and three others at Kudenga Farm in Mashonaland East Province...
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‘DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH’
CHILDREN of liberation war veterans, including those in higher and tertiary education, should use their skills and training to develop innovations, solutions, goods and services that help drive Zimbabwe’s industrialisation, modernisation and broader...
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Landmark interface
PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA will today engage over 10 000 children of the country’s liberation struggle veterans in a landmark interface aimed at creating platforms for their meaningful participation in empowerment initiatives and national governance...
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Chivayo accorded hero status
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa last night visited the Chivayo family home in Harare, to pay his respects and convey his condolences following the death of businessman and philanthropist Mr Wicknell Chivayo, his wife Lucy Muteke-chivayo and three other people in a...
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‘Listen to the people’
GOVERNMENT must keep listening to the people, as they expect it to deliver policies that put their welfare and needs at the core of national development, President Mnangagwa has said. The President, who is also Zanu-pf First Secretary, said this...
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‘Turn resolutions to results’
President Mnangagwa has called on the forthcoming Zanu-pf National People’s Conference to provide concrete strategies that uplift the lives of ordinary people by turning party resolutions into results. Addressing the 397th Ordinary Session of the...
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Govt economic policies bearing fruit: President
POLICIES adopted by the Government and enacted by Parliament are unlocking value through investment across different sectors of the economy, in line with the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS2), President Mnangagwa has said. The President said this...
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HIGH HOPES AHEAD OF SONA
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to set the tone for the legislative agenda and update the nation on the state of the country when he delivers the 2026 State of the Nation Address and officially opens the Fourth Session of the 10th Parliament at...
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Boost for local contractors as Govt ring-fences Zinara funds
THE Government will continue to reserve major road projects for local contractors and ring-fence the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) funds for road construction to ease legacy debt and funding constraints. Transport and Infrastructure...
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Independent policy earns Zimbabwe respect: President
ZIMBABWE hogged the limelight at the United Nations on Thursday, with Vice-president of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly and Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations, Ambassador Taonga Mushayavanhu, opening the third day of...
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Development must benefit all, not a privileged few– President
DEVELOPMENT acquires its fullest meaning when every person and nation has a genuine opportunity to shape its course and share the benefits, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the High-level Meeting to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the...
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UNGA81: President joins world leaders at opening
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday joined Heads of State and Government at the opening session of the General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81) here in New York. UNGA81 is taking place under the theme “Restoring...
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Growing ZIG usage boost for long-term capital: RBZ
Zimbabwean can I mentor?” The President said if these questions were answered through concrete action, their cumulative effect on Zimbabwe would be far-reaching. “Together, let us transform the Diaspora into a greater force for investment,...
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President caps 2 570 at NUST
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 570 graduates at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST)’S 32nd graduation ceremony, as the institution continues to strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education as...
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All weather friends
ZIMBABWE and Mozambique share an unbreakable, deep-rooted bond forged during the liberation struggle and the two countries will continue to build on that enduring history by strengthening bilateral cooperation, promoting legislative alignment, and...
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Never settle ‘Munhumutapa legacy must shape the present’ for average, President tells youths
THE Bulawayo City Council has resolved to comply with a Government directive to engage Geo Pomona Waste Management (GPWM) to PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called upon the Zimbabwean youth to never settle for the average but rather to work hard and make...
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Munhumutapa Day symbolic of black emancipation - youths
AS thousands of Zimbabweans converge in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central Province today for the third edition of the Munhumutapa Day commemorations, youths have said the occasion represents far more than a birthday celebration for President Mnangagwa but a...
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‘LEARN FROM THE BEST TO BOOST YIELDS’
FARMERS across the country should form local and regional partnerships and share agricultural knowledge and skills as well as learning from each other to ensure maximum crop and livestock production, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing Cabinet...
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BUSE takes science and innovation to higher level
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 371 graduates at the Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) 25th graduation ceremony with the institution pledging to continue producing graduates who contribute to the country’s socio-economic...
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‘Let more local industrialists emerge’
THE Second Republic stands ready to facilitate the establishment of local industries and mutually beneficial partnerships to transform and drive the economy up the global value chains, President Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at the burial of the late...
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Sanganai/hlanganani seeks bigger tourism value chain
FROM the towering stone walls of Great Zimbabwe to the communities, businesses and tourism operators that surround it, Masvingo possesses a heritage asset with the potential to transform the province, strengthen Zimbabwe’s tourism fortunes and unlock...
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Sanganai/ Hlanganani Expo roars to life...
PRES IDENT Mnangagwa will today officially open the 19th edition of the Sanganai/ H langanan i/ Dzimbahwe World Tourism Expo in Masvingo, as Zimbabwe steps up efforts to attract tourism investment, unlock new markets and increase foreign currency...
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ZIM READY FOR COMESA Hive of activity as learners head back to school
VETERAN jurist Justice Charles Hungwe has been appointed President of the Court of Appeal in a major reshuffle of Zimbabwe’s superior courts that has also seen three High Court judges elevated to the Supreme Court bench as Government continues efforts...
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DIPLOMATIC BREAKTHROUGH
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has returned from a quiet but highly productive working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), having secured firm investment commitments in both real estate and maritime transport — a diplomatic breakthrough that promises to ease...
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‘It’s going to take 18 months to complete and then produce electricity to feed into the national grid’
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe is strengthening waste management through sustainable solutions informed by international best practices to tackle persistent refuse collection challenges. He said this yesterday after witnessing the signing of an...
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AFRICA’S INDUSTRIALISATION LIES WITH AFRICANS: PRESIDENT
THE responsibility for building, modernising and industrialising Africa rests squarely with Africans themselves, President Mnangagwa has said, stressing that the continent must pursue its development agenda with the confidence, dignity and pride of...
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‘LEAD IN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT’
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged women to actively seize economic opportunities and take the lead in enterprise development, innovation and industrial growth, while also assuring that Government will continue removing barriers to participation,...
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ZIM EYES NEW AGRIC PHASE
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reaffirmed the central role of agriculture in Zimbabwe’s economic transformation, describing it as the engine of industrialisation, a major source of exports and the cornerstone of food security, self-sufficiency, job...
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MSU HITS NEW MILESTONES
IN a significant human capital boost for Vision 2030 success, President Mnangagwa yesterday presided over the graduation of a record 7 888 students from Midlands State University (MSU) as the institution continues to align its programmes with the...
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Let’s turn resolutions into results: President
ZANU-PF should implement all party resolutions from conferences and congresses into measurable outcomes and practical results that will uplift the lives of ordinary persons, the revolutionary party’s First Secretary, President Mnangagwa, has...
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PRESIDENT REFLECTS ON PROGRESS
ZIMBABWE should take stock of its progress, correct mistakes where there is need, as it journeys towards Vision 2030 to become an uppermiddle-income economy riding on vibrant innovations, especially from the youth, President Mnangagwa has...
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LANDMARK MINING DEAL
THE Second Republic is strengthening investor confidence and accelerating the exploitation of the country’s vast mineral wealth by providing the legal certainty and investment security needed to turn the country’s resources into jobs, economic growth...
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‘Intwasa key to beating El Niño’
THE Government will continue to support farmers with resilient and innovative agricultural projects to cushion them from the El Niño-induced adverse weather conditions to ensure guaranteed food security in the country, President Mnangagwa has said. He...
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BEYOND TRADE
ZIMBABWE’S economic resurgence and growing appeal as a safe investment destination, driven by policy reforms under President Mnangagwa, took centre stage at the Zimbabwe-south Africa Business Forum here yesterday amid calls for deeper economic...
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‘PEOPLE’S NEEDS, OUR PRIORITY’
THE Second Republic will confront the challenges facing Zimbabweans transparently and decisively as the country enters its next phase of national development, President Mnangagwa has said. In a wide-ranging interview with Belarusian National...
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CUT ACHIEVES GENDER BALANCE
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday presided over an historic graduation ceremony at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) where he installed the institution’s third Vice Chancellor as the university celebrated its silver jubilee. Professor Irvin Mpofu...
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President recommends 10 Senators
PARLIAMENT has approved the names of 10 individuals recommended by President Mnangagwa for appointment to the Senate following the enactment of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Act, 2026, which increased the number of Senate seats from 80...
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President hands over SADC Chairmanship
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged SADC member States to operationalise and adequately fund the SADC Regional Development Fund as he officially handed over the chairmanship of the regional bloc to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. For the...
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ZIM CHAMPIONS FOOD SECURITY AT SADC SUMMIT
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Durban, South Africa, yesterday ahead of today’s 46th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, with Zimbabwe set to push for deeper regional integration, food self-sufficiency and industrialisation. The...
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7 132 GRADUATE, 75 START-UPS BORN AT UZ
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 7 132 graduates at the University of Zimbabwe’s 45th graduation ceremony as the institution continues to strengthen its focus on research, innovation and industrialisation under its Heritage-based Education 5.0...
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FRIEND TO ALL, ENEMY TO NONE Zim to continue pursuing engagement, re-engagement policy
ZIMBABWE will continue to pursue its engagement and re-engagement policy as it seeks to strengthen economic, cultural and bilateral ties with countries across the globe, President Mnangagwa has said. Posting on his official X page following separate...
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PRESIDENT MOURNS KARIBA BOAT VICTIMS
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the Lake Kariba boat tragedy and declared the accident a State of Disaster, unlocking Government resources for the ongoing search and rescue operation as authorities...
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EVOLVE, INNOVATE AND ADAPT
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) is taking practical steps to rapidly modernise its defence systems and capabilities to bolster national defence, foster peace and enable rapid response to national threats, President Mnangagwa has said. The President,...
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PEACE, UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT
ZIMBABWE will continue on its economic growth trajectory towards modernisation and industrialisation while nurturing peace, unity and stability as a way of honouring both fallen and living heroes and heroines of the liberation struggle, President...
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‘LEST WE FORGET’
ZIMBABWEANS have been called upon to turn out in their numbers today to mark this year’s Heroes Day commemorations whose main event will be headlined by President Mnangagwa at the National Heroes Acre. This year’s commemorations are being held under...
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GRADUATES FOR JOBS OF THE FUTURE
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who is also the Chancellor of all State universities, yesterday capped 216 graduands at the Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU)’S seventh graduation ceremony. Of the 216 graduates, 50 were females and 166...
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FAITH IN ACTION, NATION IN MOTION
GOVERNMENT is committed to creating an enabling environment for churches to exercise freedom of worship so that they not only flourish but also play their part in socioeconomic activities to modernise and industrialise the country, President Mnangagwa...
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ZIM’S INDUSTRIAL FAST LANE
SPECIAL Economic Zones are increasingly serving as the “fast lane” for accelerated industrialisation and economic growth, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. Speaking at the commissioning of the Davipel Holdings headquarters, agrimilling, stockfeed...
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BOOST FOR ZIM LEGAL TRAINING
ZIMBABWE’S legal education landscape has received a major boost with the opening of the Midlands State University (MSU) Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Law School in Kwekwe, which commenced lectures on Monday as the institution expands its capacity to...
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Bridging generations through liberation lens
WITH only a few days left before Zimbabwe commemorates Heroes’ and Defence Forces Holidays, the preservation of the country’s liberation heritage and the need to pass its values to future generations took centre stage yesterday when war veterans,...
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HEALING, RECONCILIATION AND NATIONAL UNITY
THE Government says the Gukurahundi Community Engagement Outreach Programme has made significant progress as it enters its final phase, with thousands of people participating in the community-led process aimed at promoting healing, reconciliation and...
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President recognised as Outstanding Humanitarian
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has been recognised as an outstanding humanitarian by the Red Cross and has successfully fulfilled all requirements to qualify as a Life Member of the Society. The President’s certificate was presented yesterday at State House in...
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MACRO STABILITY ANCHORS RECOVERY
ZIMBABWE’S stable inflation environment has created the conditions for stronger-than-expected economic growth, with the economy expanding by 6,8 percent in the first quarter of 2026, putting it on track to outperform the Government’s initial full-year...
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President warns cartels in health sector
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has warned unscrupulous businesspersons in the health sector who operate as cartels and syndicates to inflate costs of goods and services for selfserving objectives thereby prejudicing patients. The President, who is also...
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MADE IN ZIM, FOR EVERYONE
GOVERNMENT will continue facilitating the implementation of its industrialisation agenda and accompanying institutional reforms to ensure that the country’s manufacturing sector becomes an industrial hub for regional, continental and international...
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EXODUS TO EMPLOYMENT
OVER 15 000 Zimbabweans who returned from South Africa amid a severe wave of antiimmigrant violence and vigilante intimidation have now registered for jobs across 52 occupations, as they begin to rebuild their lives back home. To support their...
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STRATEGIC EXPORT CORRIDOR
GOVERNMENT has taken another major step in modernising Zimbabwe’s transport infrastructure with the commissioning of a US$1,5 million lithium transhipment rail siding in West Nicholson, Matabeleland South, a move set to bolster mineral exports and...
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US$340M broadband investment drive unveiled
ZIMBABWE has unveiled US$340,1 million worth of broadband investment projects expected to generate more than US$3,8 billion in revenue, signalling a major push to accelerate digital transformation and attract private capital. The projects are...
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‘FORMALISE, GROW, BUILD THE NATION’
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called on entrepreneurs to embrace formalisation, urging them to become active contributors to a stronger, more prosperous nation. Speaking yesterday at the inaugural National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and...
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BY AFRICANS, FOR AFRICANS
ZIMBABWE is ready to share its experiences, successful initiatives and development models with the rest of Africa as part of efforts to advance prosperity across the continent, President Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at the launch of the African Peer...
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PRESIDENT TO LAUNCH ZIM REVIEW REPORT
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to officially launch Zimbabwe’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Review Report today in Harare. The event will also be attended by Uganda’s Vice President, Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, who arrived in the capital...
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‘WE’RE ONE PEOPLE’
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and South African traditional leaders yesterday reaffirmed the historic bonds between Harare and Pretoria, calling for peace and unity amid rising anti-immigrant tensions that have unsettled migrant communities in the neighbouring...
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PRESIDENT CALLS FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS
THE ongoing knowledgedriven revolution must create local solutions to address gaps in the various sectors of the economy through specialisation, which remains a critical tool in the country’s modernisation and industrialisation agenda, President...
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