This week the news is that you can now purchase affordable healthcare for your relatives and family from anywhere in the world, through Global Health Medical Aid Scheme and Mumba Money. Only weeks after announcing the addition of a new financial services product by offering cryptocurrency to Zimbabweans in the diaspora – this week Mumba…
On December 3, John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced a 60 percent vaccination target—one estimate of the level needed to achieve herd immunity from COVID-19—in Africa’s fifty-four countries. Since American and European officials have pre-purchased vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for domestic use, African governments and the Africa CDC are…
In Zimbabwe, the informal sector has become a means through which citizens pursue sustainable livelihoods. The informal sector is pervasive and plays an important role for the growth of the economy. However, the informal sector does not have a retirement funding option. This funding is a critical social security issue in Zimbabwe. For informal sector…
Government has deployed an additional 500 nurses and 49 junior doctors to five central hospitals that have been designated as Covid-19 centres following a sharp increase in infections. Since the outbreak of the global pandemic, 1 547 health workers have tested positive and seven have succumbed to the global pandemic. Health care workers have been…
The New Year’s plea from many in Zimbabwe is the arrival of a Covid-19 vaccine as soon as possible, as the country’s festive season was dampened by fears fuelled by a second wave of infections. The UK has pledged to vaccinate three million people drawn from low-income communities. “We discussed how Zimbabwe can benefit from…