When I was seventeen years old I was traveling between the Zambian city of Lusaka and Kitwe on the Copperbelt, by bus. As we travelled out of the city it became very clear that the country was on high alert as there were military checkpoints everywhere. About 100km into our journey and after numerous checkpoints ...
There are well-documented problems about access to education. The Africa Learning Barometer at the US-based Center for Universal Education at Brookings says of the continent's nearly 128 million school-aged children, 17 million will never attend school.
With the 2015/2016 rainy season around the corner our University of Zimbabwe Global Leaders decided to take the responsibility of cleaning the shopping areas around the University of Zimbabwe as well as giving those areas new life by planting trees. This initiative was done to avoid the clogging of road drainage systems which throughout the ...
In the previous post we saw what 24 Global leaders from Midlands State University (MSU) did at Gweru General Hospital, clearing 2 acres of land to ensure a clean environment for one of the major hospitals in the country. Environmental awareness to the people is very important as natural resources help improve the conditions of ...
Global Leaders are a breed of responsive young leaders on the Higherlife Foundation scholarship program, who have a global mindset and are willing to take part in bringing positive change in their communities. Other than receiving scholarship support, these young men and women receive professional trainings through Mentorships, Workshops, Talent Tracking and Development and various ...
Mrs Tsitsi Masiyiwa, the Founder and Co-Chair of Higherlife Foundation, this week announced a mentorship partnership between her Foundation and Yale University
On the 1st of October 2015 Econet Wireless Zimbabwe rolled out 4G LTE to the Zimbabwean public. Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a 4G wireless communications standard that’s designed to provide up to 10 times the speeds of 3G networks for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, notebooks and wireless hotspots. 4G technologies are designed ...