Econet Agrees to Pay $428 Million for Neotel With Investors

by digital in News. Posted June 30, 2016

Econet Wireless Global affiliate Liquid Telecom agreed to pay 6.55 billion rand ($428 million) for South African Internet-service provider Neotel Pty Ltd., creating the continent’s largest broadband network and business-to-business phone carrier. Shares of Tata Communications Ltd., which is selling the stake, surged. The buyer is partnering with Royal Bafokeng Holdings, a South African empowerment ...

Higherlife Foundation at the NASH (2016) Conference

by digital in Education, News. Posted June 27, 2016

Recently the Higherlife Foundation Executive Director spoke at the 2016 edition of the National Association of Secondary Heads in Zimbabwe (NASH) conference held at Victoria falls which ran from 22- 24 June 2016. The theme of this years conference was “ The New Curriculum: Opportunites and Challenges and this specific theme was perfect for Higherlife ...

Celebrating our Milestones: Higherlife Foundation’s Response to Cholera

by digital in Health, News. Posted June 27, 2016

As Higherlife Foundation celebrates 20 years of impacting lives we look back at some of the big milestones we were involved in over the past 20 years. At the height of a cholera outbreak that was besieging Zimbabwe in 2008, Higherlife Foundation, through, the then, National Healthcare Trust Zimbabwe, responded to the crisis which was ...

Africa’s Female Philanthropist Are Emerging From the Sidelines

by digital in Girls Empowerment. Posted June 20, 2016

Gates, Bono, Buffett. For centuries, the face of global philanthropy has been distinctly white – and male. But that’s changing. As Africa’s economy continues to expand, albeit at a slower pace than in previous years, its homegrown millionaires are choosing to take development matters into their own hands. And many of them are women. This ...

Simba Education meets Higherlife Foundation

by digital in Education, News. Posted June 13, 2016

On the 27th of May 2016, the team from Simba Education visited the Higherlife Foundation head office in Harare. The Simba Education education team shared their overall vision and plans to impact Early Childhood Education though technology in Zimbabwe and Sub-Saharan Africa. The presentation by Simba Education also included the progress that has been made ...