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Zimbabwean man who controlled the development of Microsoft Windows
Zimbabwean-born Paul Maritz discovered his passion for computers at a South African university and became one of Microsoft's core executives, directing much of the early development of Windows....Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 13:04hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
'Chivayo should be celebrated'
Holy Spirit Ministries pastor Solomon Ndlovu has sparked fierce debate after publicly defending controversial businessman and tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo, insisting the flamboyant socialite has com...Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:58hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo says he can't help everybody
Wait a minute!He said it, he could not help everybody as there are "channels and procedures to follow to get in touch with me".These were the words from businessman Wicknell Chivayo, w...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 08:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mark Zuckerberg builds US$100 million underground house as he prepares for Doomsday
In a move that has sparked intense speculation, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly in the process of constructing a sprawling $100 million compound in Hawaii, featuring an underground bunker a...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 07:26hrs | 1487 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's new ICT Minister faces scrutiny over interview
Zimbabwe's new Information Communication Technology (ICT) Minister, Tatenda Mavetera, has found herself at the center of controversy and criticism following her recent interview at State House. The in...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:38hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Why ZANU-PF Wins elections
Since 1980, ZANU PF has lost in two elections. They lost the 2000 referendum which forced the incumbent president to go with the old constitution albeit with later amendments which largely undermined ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 2 | by Moses Moyo
Tech billionaire said next one could be man-made
Tech billionaire Bill Gates has warned Australia to be ready for the next pandemic, which could be man-made and far more brutal.Mr Gates told the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney that polit...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:39hrs | 35 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe business upbeat over Richard Branson's visit
THE Zimbabwe Business Council says the recent visit by one of the world's richest men and owner of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson offered the country an opportunity to market its tourism potential....Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa named among only 17 black billionaires in the world
ACCORDING to Forbes, there are currently 2,640 billionaires in the world. They are collectively worth $12.2 trillion. The United States is the number one home of billionaires with 735 of them, followe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hoping to build economy by 'creating' entrepreneurs and innovators is delusional and misguided!
There is a popular saying - leaders are born and not created or made. That is very true.It is a futile exercise trying to make a leader out of someone who never had leadership qualitie...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is corruption in Zimbabwe because of crooked minds or purely cruel idiocy?
Let us imagine a small town - with residents living on the verge of impoverishment due to the collapse of their only mainstay (an iron and steel making company) over a decade ago - yet, their town fat...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 15:30hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mboweni to mentor young business leaders
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe Group CEO Douglas Mboweni, has taken it upon himself to mentor the next generation of young business leaders in the country.Speaking to a group of young entrepreneurs ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti, CCC legislators grill Minister over Pomona rot
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators grilled Zanu-PF cabinet Minister Amon Murwira in Parliament Wednesday over government interference in the running of local authorities, citing Harare's ...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When everyone dreams of being an 'influencer' who will truly change the world?
It is all now about the "glitz and glam"!We now have a generation that wants to make a living from partying and drinking champagne!Everyone now dreams of being a "social media influenc...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:40hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New Gates Foundation trustee led plot to overthrow Zim leader alongside US
WHILE Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, recently appointed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to add his other high-profile board appointments such as at Rockefeller Foundation, is a rol...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lures world's top celebrities
THE most watched man on television in the world, one of the world's richest men and two former United States presidents have all visited Zimbabwe in the last decade, in an endorsement of Zimbabwe as a...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bill Gates should stop telling Africans what kind of agriculture Africans need
Africans have long been told that our agriculture is backward and should be abandoned for a 21st-century version of the Green Revolution that enabled India to feed itself. Western science and technolo...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 22:58hrs | 1 | by Million Belay,Bridget Mugambe
America feels threatened by successful Africans
Africa takes pride when a son or daughter of the soil flourish within and beyond the continent. Of late, successful entrepreneurs...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Bill Gates divorces Melinda
Bill and Melinda Gates said Monday that they are divorcing but would keep working together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world.In i...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by AP
Masiyiwa urges young Africans to lead 'wealth revolution'
ZIMBABWEAN telecoms mogul Strive Masiyiwa has called on young African business owners - whom he calls "digital, liberated young entrepreneurs" - to lead a wealth-creation and entrepreneurial revolutio...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lessons Learnt from WaMagaisa's Farm Mechanisation Expose'
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted peoples' lives in an unimaginable way, unless you are Bill Gates who anticipated the scourge. This disruption has forced organisations and governments across the gl...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Masiyiwa invited to speak at New Economy global Forum
HARARE - Zimbabwe-born billionaire Strive Masiyiwa is set to participate in the Bloomberg New Economy Forum slated for November 16-19 this year. The Econet Group founder and executive chairman...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | 23 | by Agencies
Neither Mnangagwa nor Chamisa can change scope of Zimbabwe's economy as it stands
There have been calls from various groups calling on Munangagwa and Chamisa to get together on the table for the sake of the nation.This is only a minuscule solution needed for Zimbabwe's woes...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by A T Kadada
Gwisai roasts 'capitalist' Masiyiwa for faking national interest
ZIMBABWEANS must not be fooled by Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa when he talks about national interest as he was only concerned about profits, International Socialist Organisation (ISO) leader and fir...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe looks to Estonia for technology cooperation
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and the two leaders discussed economic cooperation. Estonia is arguably the most digital society in the world as the former Soviet...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out to Ethiopia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare this Friday afternoon for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will join other heads of state and government from the continent for the 32nd Ordinary Session of ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex traders on the increase
Illegal money changers pose while exchanging a new Zimbabwe bond note (L) and U.S. dollar notes in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon BulawayoAN increasing numbe...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Go to hell Strive Masiyiwa' Jonathan Moyo says as he spills more beans
...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:45hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has potential to become economic giant
When I listened to the remarks to the Press by Finance and Economic Development Minister Dr Mthuli Ncube after he was sworn in last September, I shared the same sentiments and fully supported him, lik...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 3 | by Noah Manyika
Bill Gates honours Zimbabwe's Edzai Zvobwo
Zimbabwean born entrepreneur Edzai Zvobwo has been invited by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend the inaugural Goalkeepers event in Africa, which will take place in Johannesburg, South ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 11:39hrs | 16 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's next five years: 2018-2023 (realities, lies)
POLITICAL perspectives in Zimbabwe, at least after the recent 2018 general election, have tended to have a sense of immediacy and urgency.Spurred on by the fundamentally zero-sum power games t...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:29hrs | 2 | by Takura Zhangazha
Prophet Bushiri's surprise Zimbabwe visit
ENLIGHTENED Christian Gathering Church leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, made a surprise private visit to Zimbabwe last week to spend days on hunting and shooting exercises.There was drama at a...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
#ChamisaChallenge launched
Social Media users in Zimbabwe are pocking fun on allegation that Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa told a rally last week that he met Kagame in Geneva and the East African nation's...Published: 30 May 2018 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born billionaire firm lists on New York Stock Exchange
A Zimbabwean-born billionaire owned technology company, Pivotal Software, has listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company's chief executive Mr Rob Mee said listing as a public company was a maj...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
First Lady joins philanthropist bandwagon; robbing the needy blind - her river of crocodile tears fooled me!
It is one thing when people like Bill Gates of Microsoft or Richard Branson of Virgin Planes and Trains, whose source of wealth has a traceable paper trail, become generous philanthropists. It is quit...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 21:17hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
We are all dynamites
I BELIEVE everyone carries great potential inside of them, it is like a dynamite.A dynamite can do wonders in the right hands. It can pave the way for new explorations, highways and numerous o...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 14:56hrs | 2 | by Clive Chiridza
Mnangagwa, my insanity, Gukurahundi and celebrating his dishonarable demise
If someone treats you disproportionately unlawful and you can't report to any Government on planet Earth, it means the word "Civilisation" is absent in your country. I openly raise my right hand today...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 21:26hrs | 3 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Wicknell's shoe fetish brag backfires
Pompous businessman, Wicknell Chivayo received a backlash on social media yesterday after he posted a picture of himself with eight pairs of shoes displayed on a kitchen table.With the caption...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why there is a rush for bitcoins in Zimbabwe
APPLE Inc co-founder Steve Wozniak recently declared that bitcoin is "better than gold and the United States dollar".Wozniak even went a step further to compare having a bitcoin to owning a ho...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandela was not perfect, but he was not a sellout
'I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and a free society in which all persons will live together in harmony wi...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 21:09hrs | 1 | by Salom Shilongo
Meet Southern Africa's billionaires
There are 11 billionaires from the Sadc region on this year's Forbes list of 25 billionaires on the African continent.The list, released in March, showed that Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania is sti...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:07hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
We make sure no single seat for MDC-T in Mathebeleland! Come 2018 elections! DE-Campaigning started!
MDC-T should never get a single seat in Mathebeleland come 2018. We shall work hard to make sure they don't! We start the de-campaigning of the party MDC-T as from today until the Election Day! We say...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 18:37hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
No Tsvangirai, Please: Zimbabwe Needs New Heroes
A great leader inspires the masses by overcoming hardships and working for the greater good of society. Strive Masiyiwa almost sold the shirt off his back as his 5-year legal battle against the govern...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 14:12hrs | 4 | by Tafi Mhaka
Warped World: Future is BitCoin, Zim opts for Billy Goat, Citizens choose memes
Zimbabwe's social media realm has been metaphorically invaded by unimpressive jokes and dull memes whose main theme is a since rebuffed proposal to adopt a primitive trading method whose currency is t...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 19:55hrs | | by Chenai Makurumure
Our major problem not an economic crisis, but a crisis of education
Our people are still being taught that they need to go to school, get high grades, get a high paying job, save money, buy a house, invest in stock markets, and be self-employed.Needless to say...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 11:01hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nominating Tsvangirai for Presidency is absurd and immoral
A great leader inspires the masses by overcoming hardships and working for the greater good of society. Strive Masiyiwa almost sold the shirt off his back as his 5-year legal battle against the govern...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabwe needs a fresh lot of heroes
A great leader inspires the masses by overcoming hardships and working for the greater good of society. Strive Masiyiwa almost sold the shirt off his back as his 5-year legal battle against the govern...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Girl-Students are cooking meals for their boyfriend in Zambia: First letter to the women of Zimbabwe
International Women's Day 2017 Of late the social media was telling us big time what is going on in Zambia: the dear neighbours north of us. The young women are going traditional: they are coo...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 16:46hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Fighting for the women equity rights and freedoms: the patriarchal women are to blame! Making the cause long and painful!
Dear Nimi Princewill, The problem here is not the men-folk who are oppressing us women so successfully but it's the women who are letting other women down dear Nimi! We need to fight those wom...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 18:47hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Daily Old Testament Questions and Answers with Witness Dingani
"Prophets often shocked their hearers rather than attract their attention by the methods which they used to deliver their messages" Examine this view. How far is this common in Zimbabwean context.? (2...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Witness Dingani
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