Tarifa, Spain – Award-winning Zimbabwean photographer Resta Nyamwanza competes with her work in finale of 4th Photoafrica contest, which takes place within the 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa (FCAT) in Spain, from June 6th to 19th. Resta Nyamwanza thematizes in her work, among other themes, also modern African cities and their dwellers. Nyamwanza regularly exhibits her work in Zimbabwe and already gained first international experience by participating in exhibitions in Sweden and Denmark. She won Nama (National Art Merit Awards) nominee for outstanding Two Dimensional work. The 4th Photoafrica contest offers €3,000 in prize money through 3 awards. The topic... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, June 6th 2011 |
Zimbabwe Internet entrepreneur, Richwell Phinias and friends recently launched a platform on the internet where Zimbabwean business organizations, educational institutions and various sectors from the country can interface first among themselves and then with the world. The internet is becoming a major part of communication for people considering how infrastructure, access and skills in the field are generally improving. Only two years ago people in Zimbabwe could not access the internet from their mobile devices but in recent months two of the giant mobile networks in the country have introduced data services to their subscribers with smart phones, gprs and... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, June 2nd 2011 |
HARARE, 31 May 2011 (PlusNews) – Orphans and vulnerable children in 10 of Zimbabwe’s poorest districts will start benefiting from a government scheme to help them go to school, have enough to eat and access medical care. There are about 100,000 child-headed households in Zimbabwe and a quarter of all children in the country, about 1.6 million, have lost one or both parents to HIV and other causes. HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe is one of the world’s highest, at 13 percent. The government has started rolling out a cash transfer programme with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), under... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. African countries are increasingly engaging in the development of ICT-based solutions for education and training, according to Dr Mohammed Gharib Bilal, Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Opening Africa’s leading conference on ICT-supported education, eLearning Africa, in Dar es Salaam on May 25, Dr Bilal said, “We are now witnessing increasing investments in ICT on our Continent, the enthusiasm of the youth in adapting new technologies and bridging the geographical barriers brought by fast changing converging technologies. These initiatives attest to the fact that Africa is now moving from being a spectator to a... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, May 27th 2011 |
HARARE, 12 May 2011 (IRIN) – Tafadzwa Kazingizi, a 19-year-old mother from Chitungwiza, about 30km south of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, has been haemorrhaging since she gave birth four months ago. She did not visit a prenatal clinic during her pregnancy. “When I got to the hospital, the only midwife on duty told me that I was supposed to be monitored for blood pressure and possible heart problems, but it turned out that their machine was not working well and as I waited for it to be fixed, I started experiencing labour pains,” Kazingizi told IRIN. “The midwife was attending to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, May 12th 2011 |
