By Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha | Global Editor At Large HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabweans are taking to social networks in an unprecedented manner. With a total of 2,5 million of Zimbabweans online, it is not surprising that a wholly locally defined conversation on different issues is beginning to emerge on social networks. Social media in Zimbabwe, … Continue reading »
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Why Twitter is the Next Big Social Network in Zimbabwe
By Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha | Global Editor At Large NOT so long ago Zimbabwe was considered a digital wasteland with very few people participating in the virtual landscape. But a combination of factors, including increased investment in IT and the rapid connection to undersea fibre optics is fast changing the picture. Social networking in particular … Continue reading »
Fireworks Expected At Stand-Up Comic Carl Joshua Ncube’s December Show
By Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha | Global Editor At Large HARARE, Zimbabwe – Groundbreaking stand-up comedian, Carl Joshua Ncube, is scheduled to make a return performance at the Rainbow Towers’ International Conference Centre on December 21. Ncube recently returned from a US Embassy sponsored educational comedy tour to the USA where he got to perform in … Continue reading »
Zimbabwe Launches Protocol for Management of Sexual Abuse and Violence
HARARE, Zimbabwe – The Judicial Services Commission launched a new Protocol that outlines the roles and responsibilities of several Ministries and their partners when responding to survivors of sexual abuse. The Protocol sets minimum standards for the care and protection of survivors of sexual abuse and violence, and will assist service providers in the … Continue reading »
Young Zimbos Opt for Smaller Families
By Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha | Global Editor At Large HARARE, Zimbabwe – Maidei Tikiwa, 26, of Chitungwiza has three children. Hararian, Tambudzai Chikanga, 28, has two. For Shamiso Dube, 30, of Mutare, it’s three. Ruvimbo Mazani, of Tafara, has four. Blessing Chitambo, 20, wanted two – and got them when her twin boys, Tafadzwa and … Continue reading »
Corporate Social Media Marketing Strategy Checklist for 2013
BY Jasmine Sandler As we enter a hopeful new year, I thought it would be helpful to deliver my top five items in a corporate social media strategy checklist for 2013. And, as we also enter a new year of Google changes to the ever-important search algorithm, I will include, as any smart marketer will do, … Continue reading »
One Billion Tourists: One billion Opportunities – UNWTO’s Social Media Campaign, Making Our Actions Count
Small changes in travel behavior can contribute to positive change throughout the world. With one billion tourists traveling the world in a single year in 2012, transforming these one billion tourists into one billion opportunities is at the heart of the online campaign launched by UNWTO to celebrate this historic milestone. Recalling the power of … Continue reading »
