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AI Technology Exposes Massive Cross-Border Money Laundering Network Draining $450 Million from Zimbabwe and South Africa

Jide AdesinaAugust 15, 2025

by Jide AdesinaAugust 15, 20250630

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

AarondexAugust 15, 2025

by AarondexAugust 15, 20250579

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...

ECONOMY Africa

Govt pledges inclusive development as NDS2 thematic consultations near completion

AarondexAugust 14, 2025

by AarondexAugust 14, 20250627

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...

ECONOMY BUSINESS

KTDA factories earn Sh772 million as weekly tea sales decline

AarondexAugust 11, 2025

by AarondexAugust 11, 20250814

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) managed factories have recorded earnings of Sh772 million from this week’s tea sales, even as the sector grapples with a...

BUSINESS ECONOMY

How Kenya’s bad loan crisis is forcing families to give up homes, landAs

AarondexAugust 11, 2025

by AarondexAugust 11, 20250545

Kenya is facing a deepening bad loan crisis that is taking a heavy toll on families, with many losing their homes, land, and other valuable...

ECONOMY Africa

The Paradox of Progress: An Empirical and Critical Study of the Shift in Cognitive Skills and the Net Decline in Intelligence

AarondexAugust 10, 2025

by AarondexAugust 10, 20250516

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,...

ECONOMY Africa

Ethiopia strengthens green economy with electric transport expansion

AarondexAugust 8, 2025

by AarondexAugust 8, 20250608

Ethiopia is stepping up its transition to a climate-resilient, green economy, with electric vehicles (EVs) and electric rail systems playing an increasingly central role, according...

AFRIKA HERALD BUSINESS Commerce ECONOMY

U.S. Tariffs Jeopardize South African Economy: 30,000 Jobs at Risk as Trade Tensions Escalate

Jide AdesinaAugust 7, 2025

by Jide AdesinaAugust 7, 20250843

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%...

ECONOMY BUSINESS

Credit Rating Agencies Under Fire: Africa Demands a Fairer Financial Scorecard

Jide AdesinaAugust 7, 2025August 7, 2025

by Jide AdesinaAugust 7, 2025August 7, 20250603

In a powerful and growing chorus, African governments are voicing their discontent with the operations and influence of major global credit rating agencies—Moody’s, Standard &...

ECONOMY POLITICS

Zimbabwe, China ink economic and technical cooperation agreement

AarondexAugust 6, 2025

by AarondexAugust 6, 20250594

ZIMBABWE and China have signed an economic and technical agreement worth more than US$50 million to facilitate cooperation in various economic sectors. President Emmerson Mnangagwa...

ECONOMY Africa International News

Victoria Falls charts green future with sustainability blueprint

AarondexAugust 6, 2025

by AarondexAugust 6, 20250556

THE Wetland City of Victoria Falls has launched its first-ever Sustainability Monograph, a landmark document aimed at preserving its international wetland status and securing its...

ECONOMY Africa

Preparations for 2025 Heroes and Defence Forces Days in full swing

AarondexAugust 6, 2025

by AarondexAugust 6, 20250782

PREPARATIONS for the 2025 Heroes and Defence Forces Days are well on course, with various activities lined up across the country. Speaking during a Post-Cabinet...

ECONOMY Africa International News

Smart water metering project gathers pace in Harare

AarondexAugust 5, 2025

by AarondexAugust 5, 20250761

THE smart water metering project is gathering pace, with replacement pipes now in place and ready for distribution. For decades, the Harare City Council has...

BUSINESS ECONOMY

Tourism revival in Victoria Falls as COP15 leaves economic footprint

AarondexAugust 4, 2025

by AarondexAugust 4, 20250651

THE just-ended 15th Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15), held in Victoria Falls, has left behind more than just policy...

ECONOMY Africa International News Power

Speaker Mudenda advocates for digital legislative reform and global peace

AarondexAugust 2, 2025

by AarondexAugust 2, 20250516

THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, addressed the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva, Switzerland, where he called for stronger...

Education Africa ECONOMY

Faith-based institutions lead Chipinge’s education revolution

AarondexAugust 1, 2025

by AarondexAugust 1, 20250740

THE town of Chipinge is undergoing a historic transformation, with the construction of two universities now in full swing, a development set to redefine its...

ECONOMY Africa

Faith leaders unite to back President Mnangagwa’s economic roadmap

AarondexAugust 1, 2025

by AarondexAugust 1, 20250684

THE newly launched National Multi-Faith Economic Dialogue (NAMFED) has called upon Zimbabwe’s religious community to unite in supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Economic Emancipation Roadmap and...

Africa ECONOMY International News

Zimbabwe APRM delegation in Kenya for peer review benchmarking

AarondexJuly 29, 2025

by AarondexJuly 29, 20250569

A five-member Zimbabwe African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) delegation is in Nairobi, Kenya, for a benchmarking mission aimed at drawing lessons from Kenya’s successful implementation...

ECONOMY Africa

China uses AI and algae to strengthen conservation of the Great Wall

AarondexJuly 29, 2025

by AarondexJuly 29, 20250584

CHINA is advancing the protection of the Great Wall with an innovative combination of artificial intelligence and biological conservation, as experts deploy smart inspection robots...

ECONOMY Africa International News

Government onboards 30,000 more youths into Kazi Mtaani initiative

AarondexJuly 26, 2025

by AarondexJuly 26, 20250598

The Government of Kenya has officially onboarded an additional 30,000 youth under the Kazi Mtaani initiative in Kilifi County, expanding the climate-focused employment program across...

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