Akello moves to shape African writing

by Leroy Dzenga in Education, News. Posted March 5, 2025

Africa’s premier e-learning platform, Akello, has adopted an active role in shaping the continent’s literary industry. Instead of simply waiting for content from authors, the EduTech company which is a brainchild of Higherlife Foundation President and CEO Ms Elizabeth Masiyiwa, is actively engaging literary players in different countries to understand their needs and explore ways ...

Maternal equipment has made our work easier – midwives

by Leroy Dzenga in Health, News. Posted March 5, 2025

Over the past few years, Higherlife Foundation placed equipment in three major hospitals: Sally Mugabe Hospital, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and Mpilo Central Hospital. The equipment these key institutions received, including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines, suction machines, monitors, jaundice meters and phototherapy machines, has helped improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes and the ...

What the FLDP meant to participants

by Leroy Dzenga in Education, Events, Our Work. Posted March 5, 2025

In October 2024, Higherlife Foundation graduated the first Female Leadership Development Program (FLDP) group. The FLDP, a brainchild of Higherlife and Delta Philanthropies President and CEO Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa, is a first-of-its-kind leadership training program designed for women within the Econet Group with leadership potential to prepare them for the C-Suite. The intensive had a ...

NGO games in pictures

by Leroy Dzenga in Events. Posted November 6, 2024

Recently, Higherlife Foundation participated in the Inter-NGO games. We participated in different sporting disciplines including volleyball, football and netball. The Inter-NGO games saw different institutions in the non-profit sector coming together to unwind and refresh. They ran under the theme – it is not just a game, it’s a cause. Higherlife Foundation’s men’s football team ...

Graduate Series: “The future is digital and I will bring it home”

by Leroy Dzenga in Education, News, Our Fellows. Posted October 3, 2024

By Garikayi Mutamba When I got to the UZ, I was worried that people would look at us funny because I was on a scholarship and they were paying. My greatest fear was I would be treated like a charity case. During our orientation, I realised that my fears were misplaced. Most asked how I ...

Graduate Series: “I will lead drug discovery in Africa”

by Leroy Dzenga in Education, News, Our Work. Posted October 2, 2024

By Tatenda Mutengwa My name is Tatenda Mutengwa; I recently graduated with a Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Zimbabwe. I specialised in Computational Chemistry, a branch of chemistry that utilizes computer simulations to solve chemical problems. Now that I have completed my undergraduate degree, I am entering the world with optimism. Higherlife ...

Graduate Series: I am ready to give the world wings

by Leroy Dzenga in Education, News, Our Fellows. Posted October 2, 2024

By Ruvarashe Kambila When I walked into our first Aeronautical Engineering Class in 2019, the first thing I noticed was the fact that there were only four girls in a class of 19. This immediately communicated something to me: there must be a big gender gap in this area of science. When I did my ...

Cholera outbreak ends

by Leroy Dzenga in News. Posted September 4, 2024

The Zimbabwean Government has declared the cholera outbreak over after no cases were reported since July 1, 2024. Zimbabwe’s latest cholera spell, which started on 12 February 2023, saw 34,550 suspected cases 4,234 confirmed cases, and 631 deaths. At its peak, over 300 cases were reported in a single day. Since the onset of the ...

Trust-based philanthropy in action

by Leroy Dzenga in Announcements, Our Work. Posted August 22, 2024

Imagine a non-profit organisation that listens to the needs of the community it seeks to serve? Understands its cultures and sensitivities before it designs its programming? An organisation that does not prescribe solutions but walks hand in hand with those who understand the terrain to ensure maximum impact. An organisation conceptualised with Africa at the ...

How to sign up for Akello’s new library service

by Leroy Dzenga in Our Work. Posted August 22, 2024

Africa’s premier smart learning platform Akello has introduced new library services meant to ensure learners get access to a wide range of books at a low-cost. The Akello Library is a repository where learners and hobby readers can buy books at a fraction of what they would cost in a regular book shop. Akello’s approach ...