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Simuka-Phakama! Green businesses can catalyse meaningful changes to the Zimbabwean economy

On Friday 15 March 2019, 28 green business ideas from emerging and established small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) were celebrated at the Simuka-Phakama 2018 Green enterPRIZE Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony. The business awards were delivered...

English-Speaking Africa Ministers of Labour end summit

The summit, which saw Africa Ministers of Labour from Member states, who are members of the Africa Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) has ended. It was a busy three days, which started with the 45th ARLAC Governing Council, then on the...

No job is to be labelled ‘male’ or ‘female’

Hopley is a highly populated suburb South of Harare, characterised by poor infrastructure, weak social services, low education and high school dropout rates and unemployment, pushing the majority of this community into informal work. Child marriages...

UN remains open, fully operational in Zimbabwe

The United Nations System in Zimbabwe, comprising Agencies, Funds and Programmes, remains open and fully operational. UN entities continue to implement various development and humanitarian activities in support of national development priorities and...

New fruit and vegetable pack house set to arrest post-harvest losses

The people of Mutoko District, north of Harare, well known for their expertise in horticulture production, have repeatedly suffered loss of both produce and related income due to long distances to lucrative markets and limited access to effective...

Is your business ready to leap and go green?

The Green enterPRIZE Innovation and Development Programme launches the Simuka-Phakama 2018 business competition for green and growth oriented SMEs

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Traditional leaders from Zimbabwe become gender activists

An ILO Project on gender equality in Zimbabwe helped traditional leaders to understand the benefits of involving women in economic and social activities.

Promoting decent work opportunities for youth in rural areas of SADC countries

Governments, employers and workers from SADC countries agree to enhance decent work for women and youth in rural areas by promoting inclusive pro-employment policies.

ILO Director General on an official visit to Namibia 5-7 August 2018

Mr. Guy Ryder, The ILO Director General, has arrived in Namibia for a three day working visit at the invitation of the Government of Namibia.

Co-creating a Mopane caterpillars processing plant with women beneficiaries.

Women beneficiaries in an AfDB supported project recently actively participated in the design of the infrastructure and production line layout of the processing plant that will ensure improved hygiene and more efficient production of their harvested...

Women Economic Empowerment

‘Maçimbi (Mopani worms) are our ‘gold mines’

Over 250 people converged at Matshiloni Village, Beitbridge to witness the groundbreaking ceremony for the Mopani Caterpillar Processing Centre. They consisted of officials from Ministries of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Finance,...

Sida support transforms life in Harare, Zimbabwe

A delegation of Swedish Parliamentarians and members of the United Nations Association of Sweden visit a public-private partnership intervention on the outskirts of Harare.

Employment Promotion

Strategies for employment promotion in Zimbabwe

A half day Dialogue on Employment Promotion Strategies was held on 4 April 2018 with officials from relevant line Ministries. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare with technical and financial support from the ILO.

Women gold miners in Zimbabwe co-designed a mercury free gold processing plant

With the support of the ILO and development partners, Guruve Women in Mining Cooperative co-created an environmentally sustainable gold milling plant that will improve productivity and deliver higher yields in Zimbabwe.

A Zimbabwean trade union takes a first step towards establishing a worker cooperative for its unemployed members

Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) has taken the first steps towards the establishment of a worker cooperative which will provide employment opportunities for its members who lost their jobs in 2015.

The Embassy of Sweden and ILO launch Green enterPRIZE Innovation & Development Project in Zimbabwe 2017 -2020.

Harare, 11 December, 2017 – Today the ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe and Namibia, together with the Embassy of Sweden in Harare launch the Green enterPRIZE Innovation and Development Project. The project will run for the next three years and the...

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How worms and gold can help improve livelihoods in rural Zimbabwe

Thousands of people are set to benefit from a project in Zimbabwe aimed at creating jobs and improving livelihoods for women and youth in poor rural communities. The project focuses on the food production sector and gold ore processing.

The AfDB Youth and Women Empowerment Project (YWEP) comes to life

This initiative will build on existing interventions to empower young people and women in the selected districts.

Value Addition … Going the Extra Mile on Women Economic Empowerment

Vongai is a young woman who got married at the tender age of 17 years. Her husband is over 30 years older than her, and she has had very little travel nor exposure outside her local community. She dropped out of secondary school due to poverty as...

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Taking forward Alliance 8.7 in sub-Saharan Africa

“In order to advance Alliance 8.7, we can no longer do business as usual”, said ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chuma, at the opening of a two-day regional consultation on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa. The conference...