Author: Tatenda Chitagu
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Africa needs to increase research on pandemics: experts
Hazvinei Mwanaka NAIROBI, KENYA– African countries should increase research in pandemics as they are lagging behind, prompting them to rely on outside studies, experts have said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a pandemic as a disease outbreak that has spread across multiple countries and continents and usually impacts many people. Speaking…
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How an invasive plant turned away tourists at Zimbabwe’s world heritage site
By Tatenda Chitagu ZIMBABWE-Every school holidays, Peter Nyama, from Zimbabwe’s Midlands province, would not miss a chance to visit the Great Zimbabwe Monuments-a world heritage site located 30 kilometers east of the country’s southern city of Masvingo. The Great Zimbabwe Monuments were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. They are the largest dry-stone…
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UN calls for reform of the global finance system
By Tatenda Chitagu NAIROBI, KENYA-The United Nations has called for the reform of the global financial ecosystem so that multilateral lending institutions support climate action. Speaking at the high level opening of the African Climate Summit at the Kenyatta International Conference Center today, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said the global financial system should come…
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Africa Climate Summit: A chance for unity in the face of a common threat
By Tatenda Chitagu NAIROBI, KENYA – Kenyan President William Ruto, the host of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, has urged African leaders to put their differences aside and approach the world superpowers with one bargaining voice to capitalize on the global climate action investments and green opportunities. Speaking at the opening of the Africa Climate…
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AfDB to inject US$1 billion to finance youth-led businesses and start-ups
By Tatenda Chitagu NAIROBI, KENYA-The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to launch a US$1 billion fund for African youth-led businesses and startups in the climate and agriculture sector, a top ranking official has revealed. AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina said at the close of the inaugural African Youth Climate Assembly Summit at the Kenyatta International…
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Include young people in SRHR issues: expert
Hazvinei Mwanaka Government and organizations that deal with adolescents have been urged to include and impart them with the necessary information on Sexual Reproductive and Health Rights (SRHR) so that they are not victims of misinformation and disinformation. Speaking during a workshop on SRHR recently in Harare, Diana Mailosi, coordinator for the Advocacy Core Team…
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Mechanisation: the missing link for Zim smallholder farmers
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO-The ease with which Magret Mapondo, a small-scale farmer from rural Masvingo district, processes her cow-peas harvest, is something to behold. Not so long ago, the 45 year-old farmer from southern Zimbabwe would take several days to thrash, then shell, using her bare hands, and winnow a few sacks of her cow…
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How a sacred natural site is helping to conserve Zimbabwe’s rare southern ground hornbills
By Tatenda Chitagu BIKITA, MASVINGO-A flock of clucking southern ground hornbill birds roam freely near an unmistakably pristine hill in Bikita district of Masvingo province in southern Zimbabwe. The hill, named Chiroorwe, stands out from the rest in the mountainous area as its verdancy lies untouched. Other mountains nearby are scarred, with trees having been…
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COVID 19 vaccination fatigue hits Zimbabwe
Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO- Low COVID 19 vaccine uptake in communities has been attributed to misinformation and religious beliefs in some churches hence the need for proactive awareness programs, a health expert has said. Speaking to journalists last week during a Science Café meeting organized by Health Communicators Forum (HCF), Community Working Group on Health (CWGH)…
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Beneficiate resources to avoid labour migration, says the Pan African Parliament
By Tatenda Chitagu MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA-Africa should beneficiate its vast resource endowments as failure to do so entails exporting jobs to Europe and other continents leading to brain drain through labour migration, the continental legislative body, the Pan African Parliament (PAP) has said. Speaking during the ongoing PAP committee sittings here, Amos Masondo, a South…