I am pleased to announce that I have joined a group of international donors, who are participating in a $350m Scholarship program, called the Schwarzman Scholars, started by the founder of Blackstone, Mr Stephen Schwarzman. Blackstone is one of the biggest financial organisations in the world. The program aims to send up to 200 students ...
Following the pilot project at Ponesai Vanhu Junior School,the Higherlife Foundation Health and Crisis response team took on another challenge by throwing a Thanksgiving and Christmas party for children at Chitenderano children’s home in Rusape. Chitenderano children’s home cares for 22 orphaned children and is situated some 30km from Rusape town. This special event, which ...
ATLANTA, GA—Dec. 9, 2015 — Morehouse College student, a Higherlife Foundation beneficiary Prince Abudu has been selected to the 2016 International Rhodes Scholar class representing his home country of Zimbabwe. The Rhodes Scholarship supports students who demonstrate a strong propensity to emerge as future leaders. Abudu is the fourth Morehouse student to be selected for ...
Recently, the Higherlife Foundation participated at ICASA 2015 in panel discussions on how we can maintain the momentum gained in the fight against HIV/AIDS. On day 3 Dr. Kennedy Mubaiwa represented the Foundation in a discussion on how sustainable leadership can be used to end HIV/AIDS by 2030 and on day 4 Mrs. Masiyiwa took ...
The district of Binga-Zimbabwe is located in Matabeleland North just south of Kariba Lake, across the lake from Zambia. It lies along the hot and arid southern Zambezi Escarpment, some 758km from Harare, 322km from Bulawayo and 90km from Binga town. Access to clean drinking water and modern means of communication and digital tools like ...
Econet Wireless founder and Executive Chairman,Strive Masiyiwa picked up two prestigious awards in New York this week in recognition of his philanthropic work.On Tuesday he was honored by the United Nations Foundation for co-ordinating African business support for efforts in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The function, which ...