Higherlife Foundation Alumni receive prestigious Rhodes Scholarship- Zimbabwe 2019

by digital in News, Our Fellows. Posted December 20, 2018

Higherlife Foundation is delighted to have two of its Joshua Nkomo Scholarship alumni- Itai Muzhingi and Shantel Marekera as recipients of the 2019 Zimbabwe Rhodes Scholarship. The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for exceptional students to study at the University of Oxford. Founded in 1902 by English businessman and politician Cecil John Rhodes, ...

Where are they now: Monica Tonodzai – A Higherlife Foundation Success Story

by digital in Education, Our Fellows. Posted December 4, 2018

In a world that is still predominantly male dominated, when one woman stands for her rights and those of her fellow counterparts, it should be celebrated. We celebrate one such woman today -Monica Tonodzai. From a young age Monica’s potential was always destined for more than the small town of Marondera in Zimbabwe. Raised by ...

Higherlife Foundation launches Delta Philanthropies Doctoral Research and Fellowship Program

by digital in News. Posted November 29, 2018

Harare 28 November 2018– Higherlife Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the Delta Philanthropies Doctoral Research and Fellowship Program that will provide opportunities for promoting research and innovation in areas of strategic significance and stimulation to the economy of Zimbabwe currently and in future. The Programme which was launched at the Midlands State ...

The 2019 Yale Young African Scholars Program Application Is Now Open!

by digital in Education, News. Posted November 22, 2018

The Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) Program application is now open for 2019 and we could not be more excited for the next cohort of African students to apply and experience the sought after academic program that now has an alumni network of over 1,000 students from all across Africa. “YYAS is increasingly becoming the ...

Where are they now: Thomas Kahari- A Higherlife Foundation Success Story

by digital in Education, Our Fellows. Posted November 2, 2018

At only 31 years of age, Thomas Kahari is the General Manager of Tata Motors Zimbabwe, whose mother company, Tata Motors Group (Tata Motors), is a 45 billion organisation and a leading global automobile manufacturing company with a strong global network and a marque in over 175 countries. As General Manager Thomas is at the ...

Africa’s Big Philanthropy: Home-Grown

by digital in Blog. Posted November 2, 2018

The last two decades in Africa have seen a rise in Home-grown philanthropy particularly aimed at addressing specific issues and creating impact at a more structural level. ‘The growth of Home-grown philanthropy in Africa has its roots in a number of phenomena, one of them being the 2008 financial crisis which resulted in long-standing foreign ...

Higherlife Foundation beneficiary- Felix Madutsa

Where they are now: Felix Madutsa- A Higherlife Foundation Story

by digital in Education, Our Fellows. Posted October 1, 2018

I am the second youngest in a family of seven. I was born and raised in Zimbabwe, in a small township called Glendale in the farming region of Mazowe. My parents were both uneducated, and like many Zimbabweans of my age, I grew up in an environment where the highest form of success was ...

Higherlife Foundation partners with B’tzal’el Impact Investment Fund to launch Project Hope- an Album of hope and healing

by digital in News. Posted September 28, 2018

Harare, 2018– Higherlife Foundation and its partner B’tzal’el Impact Investment Fund have released a music album entitled ‘Project Hope’ that shares a message of hope, peace and reconciliation. The album which was inspired by the beauty of Zimbabwe- its people, landscape and ingenuity- as well as the 1998 Guatemala Prophecy by Cindy Jacobs which spoke ...

Higherlife Foundation partners with Econet to launch Kanzatu-Nzatu Crowdsourcing Fund

by digital in News. Posted September 21, 2018

In times of a crisis, rallying together to find solutions can make a difference. This was the theme echoed at the launch of the Kanzatu-Nzatu National Cholera Crisis Fund by Econet and Higherlife Foundation on 19 September 2018. This initiative comes in the wake of Econet’s $10 million donation towards containing a dual outbreak of ...

Press statement: Higherlife Foundation mounts Cholera response

by digital in Health, News. Posted September 14, 2018

Higherlife Foundation is doing its part, along with the rest of the Econet Group, to lend a helping hand to stem the cholera outbreak facing Zimbabwe. Along with raising public awareness through radio and television messages, 5 water tanks were installed this week to address the water shortages in Glen View and Budiriro, and 5,000 non-food item ...