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 ...

Placing communities at the centre of the fight against NTDs

by Higherlife in Blog, Health, Our Work. Posted January 30, 2025

Rebecca Mwabvu Higherlife Foundation’s mission is to invest in human capital development to build sustainable livelihoods in African countries. The Foundation’s investments are strategically focused on three core pillars: Education, Global Health and Rural Transformation, and Sustainable Livelihoods. These pillars are interwoven with Climate and Gender initiatives, recognizing their crucial role in sustainable development. Education, ...

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 ...

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 ...

From one meal to three

by Leroy Dzenga in News, Our Work, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted August 22, 2024

How Climate Smart Farming Transformed a Zimbabwe Children’s Home When Sister Liliosah Gomba arrived at Sacred Heart Children’s Home in 2019, she was immediately confronted by an acute need for food. The children at the facility were going through the day on one meal, which affected their well-being and learning. As the Home Coordinator, she ...

A star born of love

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

By Stacey Mabuyaye When I first walked into STAR Leadership Academy in February this year, I was amazed at the facility’s beauty and the brains it housed. Brilliant young minds from all over the country and dedicated staff, who wake up daily to think of the best ways they can make us better leaders. If ...

Joining hands to save the future

by Rumbidzai Nenzou in Our Work. Posted August 22, 2024

Recently on International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, we were privileged to be part of the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital’s Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care Unit launch event. The unit, housed within the Mbuya Nehanda Maternity, was specially designed to allow mothers with pre-term babies to assist their children with much-needed bodily warmth, acting as a natural ...

Joining hands to save the future

by Rumbidzai Nenzou in Our Work. Posted May 29, 2024

“God’s water has not been enough for us….” How women are saving a community from thirst.

by Rumbidzai Nenzou in Our Work. Posted March 22, 2024

God’s water has not been enough for us, and we are preserving the only source we have’ Leroy Dzenga It is almost 2 PM, the sun is emitting heat at its full might in Chindunduma, a village in the Marange area in Manicaland. Pamela Chikonzo, a 48-year-old mother of five, is sitting a few metres ...