When Dennis Chirinda graduated from high school, he began his first insurance apprenticeship with Zimbabwean firm Heritage, where he was inspired to study towards a CII (UK) certification. What started as a job grew into a decade-long mission shaped by curiosity, determination, and a drive to make a lasting impact. In June, he…
BY NATHAN GUMA IN Togo’s coastal town of Aneho, some 45.7 kilometres from Lomé, the country’s capital city, one young medical doctor is waging a quiet war against diabetes – an invisible killer that has been slowly claiming lives in the country’s rural areas. For Haniifah Ouro-Nile, stationed at the Centre Hospitalier Prefectoral d’Aneho, where…
BY DELIGHT GUMA IN Harare, Zimbabwe, where tonnes of fabric waste are discarded every month, Chipo Mataka, a young entrepreneur, saw more than just trash, she saw opportunity. “I had developed a hobby of rug-making using unwanted clothing, a friend at church taught me the skill. I was a third-year Electronic Engineering student doing my industrial…
BY DELIGHT GUMA GROWING up in Masvingo, Zimbabwe’s oldest city, Shantiel Chiwara witnessed both the challenges and potential of the city and province at large, and felt the urge to be involved in its development. “My journey into politics began with a deep-rooted desire to make a tangible difference in my community,” she says. At…
BY NATHAN GUMA recently in New York DURING his time at the City of Bulawayo’s Water Branch, Engineer Melinkosi Dube, a water engineer, was moved by the city’s ongoing water crisis, which disproportionately affected low-income earners in high-density and peri-urban communities. Given the Metropolitan Province’s water woes, low-income earners have been hard hit, with many…
