So Zimbabwe turns 40 tomorrow and what a journey that has been. We as ZimThrive, have decided regardless of the global lockdowns, self isolatons, self distancing and the menace of COVID-19 to still celebrate this milestone. We know Zimbos love a good shindig, so put your glad rags on in your living rooms and get ready to party with us. For 24 hours starting at Zimbabwe’s midnight we have put together a variety of activities from music performances, comedy sets, poetry, DJ sets, motivational drops, virtual braais and a hell of a lot more goodies. Every single regional diaspora hotspot... Continue Reading
WaterAid Liberia is calling for urgent action from the Liberian government and international community to include safe water and sanitation in their plans for dealing with the impact of climate change. There are currently over 1.2 million people - 27% of the population - in Liberia who don’t even have a basic water pump or covered well close to home, which is making it much harder to cope with the growing impacts of climate change.
Diaspora enterprise, ZimThrive has announced key calendar events that will take place throughout the month of April 2020 in Zimbabwe.
The month-long initiative, running under the theme Homecoming, will hold events in Harare, Bulawayo, Victoria Falls, Chimanimani, Nyanga and Kariba, among other destinations, from 1-30 April.
There is a need for journalists to always tell their stories using data from official statistics from government agencies such as National Bureau of Statistics.
This was the advice of a Civic Technologist with the Code for Nigeria, a subsidiary of Code for Africa, Mr. John Eremosele at the Hack Hackers monthly engagement with journalists and data analysts in Lagos.
African Journalists have been reminded of the need to understand that in reporting conflicts they must aim at finding lasting solutions to the crisis rather than escalate the situation.
The founder MEDRIVE, a media training outfit, Mrs. Wemimo Adewunmi gave the advice during a one-day training for African journalists, tagged Sensitive Conflict Reporting in Lagos.
