Digital lenders lament overreaching mandate from regulators
Kenya’s digital lending sector, one of the fastest-growing financial technology spaces in Africa, is raising alarm over what players describe as an increasingly overreaching mandate...
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Why Education CS is under fire over under funding, corruption in Schools
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu is facing growing criticism from parents, teachers, and lawmakers over what they describe as deepening underfunding of schools and rising...
China pledges deeper support for Zimbabwe’s rural transformation
CHINESE Ambassador to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Zhou Ding, has reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to supporting Zimbabwe’s rural development and agricultural modernisation, saying the partnership between the...
President Mnangagwa in Japan for strategic TICAD9 summit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Yokohama, Japan, this morning for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9). He was received by Japanese officials,...
Zimbabwe champions partnerships for landlocked countries’ development
ZIMBABWE has strengthened strategic partnerships with other landlocked countries to accelerate inclusive socio-economic development. The country participated in the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked...
Youth empowerment takes centre stage as Masvingo province gets tractors
THE ruling ZANU PF party is walking the talk on its promises to support youths across the country, with youths in Masvingo Province being the...
SDA church members urged to leverage government empowerment programmes
ACTIVE participation in the government’s developmental and empowerment programmes has been described as a key driver for sustainable growth and transformation, with Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA)...
SMEs and cooperatives power progress as govt renews national support
THE government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and cooperatives across the country, citing their role in community empowerment and...
AI Technology Exposes Massive Cross-Border Money Laundering Network Draining $450 Million from Zimbabwe and South Africa
A sophisticated network of shell companies has successfully siphoned approximately $450 million from Zimbabwe and South Africa through elaborate money laundering schemes, according to groundbreaking...
UN launches inclusive youth empowerment drive in Zimbabwe
IN line with the inclusive development agenda, the United Nations in Zimbabwe has launched the UNited 4 Youth Inclusion Programme, an ambitious five-year inter-agency initiative...
Govt pledges inclusive development as NDS2 thematic consultations near completion
AS National Development Strategy Two (NDS2) thematic clusters are wrapping up consultations, government says the process will blend lessons from NDS1 with fresh stakeholder input...
The Paradox of Progress: An Empirical and Critical Study of the Shift in Cognitive Skills and the Net Decline in Intelligence
The long arc of human intellectual development has always been intertwined with its socio-economic environment. In the twentieth century, psychometric evidence suggested that human intelligence,...
U.S. Tariffs Jeopardize South African Economy: 30,000 Jobs at Risk as Trade Tensions Escalate
By Jide Adesina | Editor-in-Chief, 1stAfrika South Africa is bracing for the economic shockwaves set to follow the United States’ imposition of a sweeping 30%...