What Tanzania’s betting industry reveals about digital growth in Africa

What Tanzania’s betting industry reveals about digital growth in Africa

If you want to understand Africa’s digital progress, Tanzania offers an interesting place to begin. The country’s betting industry has grown alongside wider improvements in mobile technology, internet access, digital payments and online services, giving you a practical example of how technology becomes part of everyday life. 

Digital tools help Zimbabwe’s HIV migrants stay in care

Digital tools help Zimbabwe’s HIV migrants stay in care

As droves of Zimbabweans return home from South Africa in a wave of deportations and anti-immigrant sentiment, health experts warn that disruptions to HIV treatment

Mnangagwa defends Zimbabwe’s term extension after once pledging to leave office in 2028

Mnangagwa defends Zimbabwe’s term extension after once pledging to leave office in 2028

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended the constitutional amendments that extend his presidency until 2030, insisting the changes were the result of a “collective decision” rather than his personal ambition, even though he had previously pledged to leave office in 2028.

Water shedding driving sewage overflows and pipe bursts in Bulawayo

Water shedding driving sewage overflows and pipe bursts in Bulawayo

Bulawayo City Council says the city’s water-shedding programme is a major cause of recurring sewage overflows and water pipe bursts, with the ageing network unable to withstand repeated interruptions to water supply.

Byo MPs seeks fee cuts, deadline extension for title deeds validation programme

Byo MPs seeks fee cuts, deadline extension for title deeds validation programme

A Bulawayo legislator has tabled a motion in Parliament urging the government to significantly reduce the cost of validating old title deeds and extend the programme’s deadline by at least two years, warning that thousands of Zimbabweans risk exclusion because they cannot afford the process.

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Democracy in Africa

Democracy in Africa
One of the small political parties in Zimbabwe (we have 28 right now and more coming) said this past week that “you cannot remove a dictatorship...
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Eye witness account of rigging

Rigging of the elections scheduled for 14 August (if the Constitutional Court upholds the SADC ruling)...
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Zanu Ndonga sets conference date

Zanu Ndonga has announced June 22 as the date for their special conference to decide on...
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A heart for the elderly

Brighton Saini has become a father figure to the residents of Nazareth Old People’s home in...
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Giving street kids a home

When Moses Kasengu’s parents died of HIV/ Aids-related illnesses in 2006, he and his siblings had...
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Farmers favour soya beans

Many farmers in Bulawayo’s peri-urban areas abandoned their maize crop in favour of soya beans....
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From the terraces

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Best of the Best- Godfrey Paradza

Godfrey Paradza doubled as defender and defensive midfielder for Harare giants, Dynamos, who dominated local league...
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Unfinished business: David Coltart

Minister David Coltart believes it would be wrong to withdraw from politics when there is so...
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Kombi protests turn sour

Riot police fought Mucheke residents
last week who took to the street protesting against
reckless driving by commuter...
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Divided over peace

Political leaders here are divided over
the existence of political violence in the province....
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Debate on electoral amendments adjourned to tomorrow

Parliament has adjourned until tomorrow to debate amendments to the Electoral Act as required by the...
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Subverting Judicial Independence through the media

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