The price of going home: Christmas boxes and the final return from South Africa to Zimbabwe

Saana Hansen Each December, long-distance buses, minibus taxis and private cars stream northwards from South Africa as Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second biggest city, prepares for its annual ritual: the seasonal homecoming of “injiva” – migrants returning for Christmas. The old industrial city, where businesses have declined and shops and restaurants struggle to survive, fills temporarily with…

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In Pursuit of the Climate Change Agenda and Adequate Global Energy Supply:Is Artificial Intelligence a Friend or Foe?

By Professor Arthur GO Mutambara Artificial Intelligence’s Threat to Energy, Water and the Environment. Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems need to be powered.They require compute resources, comprising hardware and infrastructure components – primarily Central Processing Units (CPUs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), Neural Processing Units (NPUs), memory, storage, and networking – that provide…

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Thank You Harare, From A Sold Out Zimbabwe Homecoming Celebration And Summit

You believed Zimbabwe. You made it happen. The Zimbabwe Diaspora Homecoming Celebration & Business Summit Was officially FULLY BOOKED in Harare this week. From across the globe to home soil, the Homecoming Celebration brought together hundreds of diverse people in session, uniting the diaspora and local stakeholders to collaborate, invest and building together. Thank you…

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The Surprise Zimbabwe Woke Up To: Econet’s Bold Exit From The ZSE And The Birth Of A New Infrastructure Giant

By Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya This week many investors and brokers thought they were simply checking Econet’s share price. Instead, they woke up to one of the most consequential corporate announcements in Zimbabwe’s capital markets history. At 644.96 ZWG cents, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe did not just issue another cautionary statement: it effectively signalled a strategic reset,…

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